What Pope Leo’s Appointment of Archbishop Iannone Means for the Church

October 3, 2025 by Kateri

Archbishop Filippo Iannone speaks at a press conference presenting the reform of canon law on June 1, 2021. Pope Leo XIV on Sept. 26, 2025, appointed Iannone as prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops, a department the Pope himself once led.

ANALYSIS: The Carmelite canonist’s selection suggests continuity — and a clear direction on synodality.

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