June 16
St. John Francis Regis (France, 1597-1649)
Jesuit, Home Missionary, Confessor
THE POPE'S DAY
Unusually for a Tuesday, the Holy Father met for the second day in a row with Austrian bishops
whom he called to the Vatican to meet with him and the Curia.
The Vatican announced
- The appointment of Mons. Albert Malcom Ranjith as Archbishop of Colombo (Sri Lanka) to succeed
Mons. Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis, who has reached canonical retirement age.
- The appointment of Fr. Joseph Augustine Di Noia, O.P., until now Under-Secretary of the Congregation
for the Doctrine of the Faith, to succeed Mons. Ranjith as Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship.
Fr. Di Noia is also elevated to the rank of Archbishop.
{More of newsman Andrea Tornielli's pre-announcements confirmed.]