Pope confirms Cardinal Rylko, names Archbishop Chaput to laity council

VATICAN CITY
National Catholic Reporter

Carol Glatz Catholic News Service | Feb. 6, 2014

VATICAN CITY Pope Francis reconfirmed Polish Cardinal Stanislaw Rylko as president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity and German Bishop Josef Clemens as secretary.

Among the 14 new members named Thursday were Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia; Cardinal Luis Tagle of Manila, Philippines; Cardinal Christoph Schonborn of Vienna; and Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, Germany, who is also part of the pope’s eight-member Council of Cardinals that advises the pope on reorganizing the Roman Curia.

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