Woman names for Pope Leo XIV Vatican Central Administration Organ
Pope Leo XIV on Thursday (22) made the first female appointment of the new Pontifight to the Central Administrative Organ Roman Curia of the Catholic Church.
Sister Tijiana Merlettini was selected as the Secretary of the Dicker for the Institute of Holy Life and Community Communities, which regulates the rules of Catholic religious organizations worldwide. Dicker is equivalent to the Ministry of Vatican.
This section that is connected to the Institute is the first Wheel To lead a woman.
The ancestor of Leo XIV, Pope Francis, was appointed mayor of the same Merletti office in January this year.
Who is the new Secretary?
Tijiana Merletti was born on September 30, 1959, in the Aburukos region of the lower town of Italy.
According to Vatican News, the Catholic News portal, religious is part of the society of Franciscan sisters.
Merletti graduated in 1984 in the law and in 1992, a Canon La Doctorate at the University of Ponnific Lateranance.
Between 2004 and 2014, she was the General Superior of the Religious Organization.
At the moment, a professor at Tijiana College, where he did a doctorate in Rome.
Francisco has raised the role of women in the Vatican
Pope Francis, the ancestor of Leo XIV, Catholic has raised the inclusion of women in leading activities in the church.
When Francis was elected in 2013, women were only 19.2% of the Vatican employees. After a decade, the percentage increased to 23.4%.
According to the Vatican News survey conducted in 2023, the number of women working in Santa Sea and the Vatican City Administration from 846 to 1165.
During the promotion of the survey, 3,114 people, including the Holy Sea 812 women, were employed.
In practice, this means that one of the four employees is a woman. A great number for the Catholic Church.
Over the years after Francis’s ponetificated years, women have received the right to vote for posts at the Vatican and vote in global bishops.
For example, in January 2025, Pontif Simona was appointed Mayor The first woman was selected for the leadership of an important Vatican Office.
*Under the supervision of Derla Cardoso
