Angelo De Donatis
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Angelo De Donatis is an Italian Catholic prelate who has served as Major Penitentiary since 2024. He was Cardinal Vicar and Archpriest of the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran from 2017 to 2024.
Cardinal De Donatis in 2018
De Donatis (left) with Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni (center) and Msgr. Enrico Feroci (right) at Caritas Roma in 2017
Roman Curia
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The Roman Curia comprises the administrative institutions of the Holy See. It is sometimes incorrectly referred to as the Vatican Curia.
Angelo De Donatis
…election. In October 2013, Pope Francis, who had met De Donatis only once at that lunch, chose him to preach the 2014 Lenten spiritual exercises of the Roman Curia, an assignment that for fifty years had been given to a cardinal or well-known theologian. De Donatis was appointed by Pope Francis on 14 September…
The headquarters of the Propaganda fide in Rome with north facade on Piazza di Spagna by architect Bernini; seen here is the southwest facade by Borromini: etching by Giuseppe Vasi, 1761
The Basilica of the Annunciation is the largest Christian church building in the Middle East under the supervision of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.
Laocoön and His Sons in the Vatican Museum, which was under the care of the Dicastery for Culture and Education.
A depiction of Pope Gregory IX excommunicating Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II.