MALTA
Malta Today
Matthew Vella 25 February 2015
Mgr Charles Scicluna, 55, will be appointed Archbishop by the end of this week, according to sources.
A Curia source confirmed that the Auxiliary Bishop, who was Apostolic Administrator since the resignation of Archbishop Emeritus Paul Cremona in 2014, will take his place.
Opposition leader tweeted his heartfelt congratulations to the vocal bishop, who took a vocal stand against gay adoption at a time when the Church was taking a back seat from confronting political issues.
Scicluna’s appointment follows years of service at the Vatican where he was as Promoter of Justice in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, by the side of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who became Pope Benedict XVI.
He was later tasked with the Church’s fight against sexual abuse by priests.
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