Vatican: Leo XIV brings a trusted fellow Augustinian into the heart of the Roman Curia

Vatican City - With the appointment of Bishop Luis Marín de San Martín, O.S.A. as Almoner of His Holiness and Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, Leo XIV is entrusting the office that most directly embodies the Pope’s charity within the Curia to a religious who, in recent years, has worked at the heart of ecclesial processes as Under-Secretary of the General Secretariat of the Synod. The promotion is accompanied by the conferral of the dignity of archbishop and already points to the prospect of the cardinalate, which will in all likelihood come at the new Pontiff’s first consistory.
The relationship of friendship, esteem and closeness between the fellow Augustinians Marín de San Martín and Prevost is well known in Vatican circles. It was precisely this closeness that immediately fuelled resentment within the General Secretariat of the Synod, especially in the area associated with Cardinal Mario Grech. In Malta, where his ecclesial profile has undergone …