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VATICAN CITY, SEPT. 23, 2009 (Zenit.org).- The Commission of Cardinals, which oversees the activities of the Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR), has renewed the membership of the Board of Superintendence of the Institute.

In a communiqué sent today, the institute, chaired by Benedict XVI's secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, named among the new members Carl Anderson, the supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, and a regular columnist for ZENIT.

Others named are Giovanni De Censi, president of the Credito Valtellinese; Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, president of the Santander Consumer Bank; Ronaldo Hermann Schmitz of Germany; and Manuel Soto Serrano of Spain.

The appointments were made after accepting the resignations presented by Angelo Caloia, president of the Board of Superintendence, and the other members of the board.

The communiqué also noted that the board appointed Ettore Gotti Tedeschi as the new president of the Board of Superintendence and Ronaldo Hermann Schmitz as vice president.

The Commission of Cardinals extended its "best wishes" to the new board, as well as its gratitude to Monsignor Piero Pioppo, prelate of the Institute; Paolo Cipriani, director general; and Massimo Tulli, vice director general.

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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.»