Simona Brambilla as Minister of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
Robert McElroy nominated as Archbishop of Washington, D.C.
A person who is friendly to refugees, the environment, and sexual minorities… Confrontation during Trump’s first term
Pope Francis appointed a woman to a ministerial position for the first time.
According to foreign media such as AP and CNN, Pope Francis selected Simona Brambilla (59) as Minister of Societies of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life on the 6th (local time).
The Society of Consecrated Life and Society of Apostolic Life is responsible for the religious life of all nuns and monks in the Catholic Church throughout the world.
The appointment of the first female minister is evaluated as setting a new milestone in the history of the Vatican. Although women have been appointed to vice-ministerial positions, Minister Brambla is the first to be appointed to a ministerial position.
This is evaluated as an example that represents the changing status of women within the Catholic Church.
On the same day, Pope Francis chose a person who runs counter to the tendencies of US President-elect Donald Trump as the archbishop to preside over the US capital, Washington DC.
Cardinal Robert McElroy (70) succeeds Wilton Gregory (77), the first African-American archbishop of Washington DC. Cardinal McElroy is a person who has expressed a friendly attitude toward refugees, the environment, and sexual minority Catholics, and is evaluated as having different views from President-elect Trump.
Cardinal McElroy was a figure who spoke out in lamentation during President-elect Trump’s first presidential election victory in 2016, and at the beginning of Trump’s first administration, he called for Catholics to step forward and block the federal government’s anti-immigration policies.
The prevailing view is that the appointment of Cardinal McElroy is a foreshadowing of what actions Pope Francis and the Vatican will take as the second Trump administration is about to take office. Pope Francis is scheduled to hold a farewell meeting with US President Joe Biden on the 10th.
(Seoul = Newsis)
Source: www.donga.com
