Leo XIV reorders the Curia with new appointments

Archbishop Peña Parra is to become Nuncio to Italy, and the current Nuncio wil finally fill the vacant Prefect of the Papal Household role

Mar 30, 2026

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(Pelican+) — Pope Leo XIV has moved the powerful number two in the Secretariat of State to be Nuncio to Italy and finally filled the role of head of the papal household, thus effecting a change believed to grant Leo more autonomy over his decisions and daily life.

Announced in the daily bulletin on March 30, Leo has enacted a veritable changing of the gu…

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