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VATICAN CITY, SEPT. 22, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI appointed two new members of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, to serve under the leadership of its prefect, Cardinal William Levada.

A Vatican communiqué announced the appointments of Archbishop Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and Bishop Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez of San Cristobal, Venezuela.

The former was born in 1954 in Brazil and was ordained a priest in 1977. In 1998, Father Oliveira de Azevedo was ordained a bishop.

Since 2003 he has served as president of the Brazilian bishops' Commission for the Doctrine of the Faith.

The latter, Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez, was born in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1949, and was ordained a priest in 1975. He was ordained a bishop in 1990.

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Pope Mourns Missionary Slain in Brazil

VATICAN CITY, SEPT. 22, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI expressed his condolences at the death of Father Ruggero Ruvoletto, an Italian missionary killed Saturday in Brazil.

The Pope sent his sympathies in a telegram signed by his secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, and addressed to Archbishop Luiz Soares Vieira of Manaus.

In the message, the Holy Father strongly condemns this «vile and cruel act against a peaceful servant of the Gospel,» and transmits his spiritual closeness in prayer.

Father Ruvoletto was murdered on Saturday in his parish of St. Evelina, on the outskirts of Manaus, in northeastern Brazil.

Police initially said the homicide was associated with a robbery. However the Italian episcopate’s SIR news agency reported today that there is growing certainty that the slaying is part of a series of «acts of intimidation against the Church in the Manaus region because for a long time it has denounced criminal activities, drug trafficking and the traffic of human beings.»

There are documents and interviews dating back to 2006 that show how Father Ruvoletto was vocal in denouncing «drugs and prostitution as social plagues.»