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An Explosive Vatican Appointment

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By appointing a progressive “female theologian” to a position of responsibility where she will be expected to oversee the teaching provided in Church-run universities around the world, the Holy See is sending a negative signal at a time when priestly formation appears to be one of the main issues in the vocations crisis affecting an entire segment of the Catholic world.
While Pope Francis appears to have entered a long period of convalescence, some consider it a transitional period. The progressive agenda at work under the current Pontificate is far from slowing down.

On March 21, 2025, the Holy See announced the appointment of Bénédicte Lemmelijn, a Belgian theologian and Dean of the Faculty of Theology at the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven), to the Scientific Council of the Holy See Agency for the Evaluation and Promotion of the Quality of Ecclesiastical Universities and Faculties (AVEPRO).

For the record, the mission of AVEPRO—a body created by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007—is to ensure that ecclesiastical institutions maintain internationally recognized academic standards in teaching, research, and service.

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