AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoVatican Restoration Watch: The Vatican Museums has kicked off a five-year, €5.5 million restoration of Raphael’s Hall of Raphael frescoes in the Apostolic Palace, using laser-assisted conservation expected to run until 2031. Church Leadership & Appointments: Pope Leo XIV named Italian Salesian nun Sister Alessandra Smerilli to lead the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, with Cardinal Fabio Baggio as pro-prefect—another major step in women’s senior roles at the Holy See. Rift Over SSPX: The Society of St. Pius X consecrated four new bishops in defiance of Pope Leo XIV’s plea, setting up a deepening Vatican crisis and renewed talk of automatic excommunication. Vatican Meets the World: Cardinals at Pope Leo XIV’s extraordinary consistory discussed peace, synodality, and his encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, with U.S. archbishops receiving the pallium as a symbol of unity. Culture & Vatican Life: North Carolina Labor Commissioner Luke Farley presented Pope Leo XIV with a Carolina Hurricanes Stanley Cup jersey and the Order of the Tar Heel during a Vatican visit.
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