Pope Appoints Pizzaballa and Mathieu to Vatican’s Interreligious Dialogue Office

Pope appoints Pizzaballa and Mathieu to Vatican’s interreligious dialogue office

Cardinal Dominique Mathieu, archbishop of Tehran, Iran (left), and Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 4, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Here’s a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed:Pope appoints Pizzaballa and Mathieu to Vatican’s interreligious dialogue officePope Leo XIV on July 3 appointed two prominent cardinals, Pierbatti…

Pope Leo XIV appoints Kenyan Bishop Lagho to Vatican interreligious council

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Willybard Kitogho Lagho of Malindi to the Vatican’s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, elevating a

Pope Leo Appoints Kenyan Bishop to New Vatican Role

Pope Leo XIV has appointed a Kenyan Catholic Bishop to a new role, months after he took over from the late Pope Francis. The Pontiff appointed Rt. Rev. Willybard Lagho, Bishop of Malindi, to the Vatican Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue (DID). The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) Catholic Justice and Peace Department announced on July 4 the appointment of Rt. Rev Lagho. According to the Holy See, the DID promotes and supervises re…