Father Francesco Rapacioli, 62, a missionary in Bangladesh, is the new Superior General of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), the missionary institute that publishes Mondo e Missione. He was elected on July 7, 2025, during the 16th General Assembly of the institute, which began on June 22 at the International Center for...
Results of the USG-UISG meeting published: a strong request emerges to create an institutional forum for general bursars, along with a call for more training and joint actions.
During the General Chapter of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives, held in Rome from June 8 to 22, 2025, Father Luigi Buccarello was re-elected as Minister General. The re-election took place on June 12, 2025, reaffirming the trust placed in him for the 2025–2031 term.
Vatican City, May 22, 2025 – His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has appointed Sister Tiziana Merletti, S.F.P., as the new Secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. The appointment will take effect in September 2025.
