Is the Francis era continuing in Leo’s interreligious appointments?

Pope Leo XIV has appointed 19 new consultors to the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, a move that broadly confirms the trajectory of nominations established under Pope Francis.
The Holy See announced the appointments on Monday, naming clerics, religious sisters, and lay academics from Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas to advise the dicastery in its work.
The consultors come from a wide range of theological, cultural, and institutional backgrounds and include figures already prominent in synodal processes, interreligious initiatives, and Catholic social movements.
Among those appointed is Emilce Cuda, secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. Cuda attracted international attention in 2022 following the United States Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, when she warned that many Catholics “confuse the defence of life with the defence of ideological positions” and argued that human dignity should not be reduced to abortion and euthanasia alone. She …