Pope Leo Appoints US-Based Leaders to Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

Pope Leo Appoints US-Based Leaders to Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

Pope Leo XIV greets people during the Angelus prayer in Piazza della Liberta in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, Italy, Aug. 16, 2026. (Photo: OSV News/Mario Tomassetti, Vatican Media) by Simone Orendain (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV has appointed three U.S.-based consultors, all with ties to the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, to the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. They are among a dozen newly named consultors to the Vatican dep…

3 US-based leaders among 12 consultors named to Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development

The dicastery supports the Church's work in areas including human dignity and human rights, economic justice, care for creation, migration and displacement.

Pope Leo names 3 Notre Dame-affiliated experts to advise major Vatican office

The first U.S.-born pope on Tuesday tapped three experts from U.S. institutions to advise the Catholic Church's central office dedicated to promoting social justice. All three are affiliated with the University of Notre Dame.

Pope Names 2 Notre Dame Professors As Consultors to Vatican Human Development Dicastery

The Pontiff appointed 12 new consultors to the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development on Aug. 18.

3 US-based leaders among 12 consultors named to Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development - Biweekly Newspaper for the Diocese of Richmond %

(OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV has appointed three U.S.-based consultors, all with ties to the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, to the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. They are among a dozen newly named consultors to the Vatican department created by Pope Francis in 2016. The Holy See Press Office on Aug. 18 announced the appointments of the 12 including Father Emmanuel Katongole, a theology professor at the University of Notre…