Appointment of Under-Secretaries of the General Secretariat of the Synod
The Holy Father has appointed as Under-Secretaries of the General Secretariat of the Synod the Reverend Father Giacomo Costa , SJ, currently Consultor of the same General Secretariat; and the Reverend Sister Elena Massimi , FMA, Professor of Liturgy and Sacramental Medicine at the Pontifical Salesian University (Rome).
The two undersecretaries, as established by the 2018 Apostolic Constitution on the Synod of Bishops , Episcopalis Communio , have the primary task of assisting the General Secretary in directing the activities of the Secretariat and in preparing and implementing the Synodal Assemblies. Upon announcing the two appointments, Cardinal Mario Grech, current General Secretary of the Synod, thanked the previous secretaries appointed in 2021 by Pope Francis: Monsignor Luis Marín de San Martín, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity since last March, and Xaverian Sister Nathalie Becquart. Grech thanked them "for their service over these years, which have seen the Synod undergo significant and challenging stages."
Curriculum vitae of the Rev. Father Giacomo Costa, SI
Reverend Father Giacomo Costa, SJ, was born on September 12, 1967, in Genoa. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1992 and was ordained a priest on June 22, 2002. He earned a Diploma in Political and Moral Sociology from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. From 2007 to 2025, he was President of the San Fedele Cultural Foundation in Milan, and from 2010 to 2021, he edited the magazine "Aggiornamenti Sociali." Since 2022, he has been the national spiritual director of the Italian Christian Workers' Associations. He served as Special Secretary of the 15th and 16th Ordinary General Assemblies of the Synod of Bishops, in 2018 and 2021-2024, respectively.
Curriculum vitae of Rev. Sr. Elena Massimi, FMA
Reverend Sister Elena Massimi, FMA, was born in Rome on June 16, 1975. She made her perpetual profession in the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians on October 24, 2009. She earned a Doctorate in Sacred Theology, specializing in Liturgical-Pastoral Studies, from the Institute of Pastoral Liturgy "S. Giustina" in Padua, incorporated into the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical Athenaeum of Sant'Anselmo in Rome. She is Professor of Liturgy and Sacramental Theology at the Pontifical Salesian University in Rome, President of the Association of Professors and Scholars of Liturgy, and Director of Music for the Liturgy at the National Liturgical Office of the Italian Episcopal Conference.
Source: Vatican News Bulletin and Vatican News
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