A Couple of Changes in the Curia

The Holy Father’s spiritual retreat this week with the Curia has concluded. Now come a couple of changes.

The Holy Father has accepted the retirement of Cardinal Stephen Fumio Hamao as President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People and for now has united the leadership of that council with that of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. The Holy Father has therefore named the latter council’s president, Cardinal Raffaele Martino, as the new President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People.

The Holy Father, with the goal of promoting a more intense dialogue between people of culture and supporters of various religions, for now has united the leadership of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue with that of the Pontifical Council for Culture and therefore has named the latter Council’s president, Cardinal Paul Poupard, as the new President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.