Sunday, April 25, 2021

Salesians Named Consultors to Congregation for Consecrated Life

Pope Calls Two SDBs and an FMA 
to Be Consultors of the Congregation for Consecrated Life

(ANS - Vatican City – April 12, 2021) - On April 10 the Press Office of the Holy See announced the names of the new consultors of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (CIVCSVA) appointed by the Holy Father. Among the 19 chosen, 3 are members of the Salesian Family:·     

    Fr. David Ricardo Albornoz Pavisic, SDB, a judge of the National Ecclesiastical Court of Appeal of Santiago, Chile. Born in Punta Arenas on November 4, 1963, he has been a professed Salesian since 1989 and was ordained in 1996. For the Chilean Province, he is currently also vice provincial, delegate for the Salesian Family, and editor of the Salesian Bulletin;·    

     Fr. Mario Oscar Llanos, SDB, dean of the School of Education at the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome. An Argentine from Córdoba, he was born on April 17, 1959, and has been a professed Salesian since 1978 and a priest since 1987;·  

       Sister Pina del Core, FMA, director of the Institute of Psychological Research in the Educational Field of the Pontifical Auxilium School of Education in Rome and former dean of the Auxilium for nine years. In 2016, she had already been appointed by Pope Francis as a consultor of the Congregation for Catholic Education.

The consultors are appointed by the Supreme Pontiff for five-year terms to collaborate with the members of the Congregation according to their specific competence and in relation to the objectives and commitments of the dicastery. The consultors offer their contribution through consultation, studies, or opinions on specific situations or questions concerning the life, mission, and government of the institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life. 

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