The election of Bishop Emil Shimoun Nona as Patriarch—now Mar Paul III Nona—concludes a decisive synodal gathering in Rome held from April 9 to 12 Photo: Chaldean Patriarchate

Pope Leo XIV continues to reshape the Roman Curia: Meet the new Australian prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts

The appointment, announced on March 25, fills a strategic vacancy at the heart of the Vatican’s juridical machinery. Randazzo, 59, succeeds Filippo Iannone, who was transferred in September 2025 to lead the Dicastery for Bishops, the body responsible for vetting episcopal appointments worldwide