Holy See Press Office Bulletin, 19 October 2026

Today's Holy See Press Office Bulletin, 19 October, contains a single communication: the appointment of new members of the International Theological Commission (N. 0821, Bulletin). The official English text has been published by the Press Office.

Resignations and appointments: the International Theological Commission. Pope Leo XIV has appointed 24 priests, religious, a woman religious and professors as members of the International Theological Commission. Their names, in the order of the Bulletin (official English text):

Two monsignors:
- Carlo Dell'Osso, secretary of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology.
- Lubomír Žák, full professor at the Cyrilometodějská Teologická Fakulta of the Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci (Czechia).

Nine priests:
- Khaled Emmanuel Anatolios, director of the Department of Theology of the University of Notre Dame in South Bend (United States of America).
- Ángel Cordovilla Pérez, dean of the Facultad de Teología and of the Facultad de Derecho Canónico of the Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid (Spain).
- Tiago de Fraga Gomes, assistant professor at the Escola de Humanidades of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre (Brazil).
- Gilbert De Lima, executive secretary of the Commission for Theology and Doctrine of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (India).
- Clarence Devadass, director of the Catholic Research Centre in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).
- Fabricio Leonel Forcat, associate professor at the Facultad de Teología of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina in Buenos Aires (Argentina).
- Julián Arturo López Amozurrutia, dean of the Facultad de Teología of the Universidad Pontificia de México (Mexico).
- Gaston Ogui Cossi, dean of the Unité Universitaire de Bobo-Dioulasso of the Université Catholique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (Benin).
- Csaba Török, associate professor at the Esztergomi Hittudományi Főiskola affiliated to the Hittudományi Karát of the Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem (Hungary).

Five religious:
- Paul Béré, S.J., dean of the Biblical Faculty of the Pontifical Biblical Institute of Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome (Italy).
- Michel Fédou, S.J., professor emeritus of the Faculté de Théologie of the Facultés Loyola Paris (France).
- Bernhard Knorn, S.J., full professor at the Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen in Frankfurt am Main (Germany).
- Patrick Mwania, C.S.Sp., vice chancellor of Tangaza University in Nairobi (Kenya).
- Jorge Alejandro Scampini, O.P., full professor of the Facultad de Teología of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina in Buenos Aires (Argentina).

One woman religious:
- Shu Chin (Maria Teresa) Hu, F.I., visiting professor at the Fu Jen Faculty of Theology of Saint Robert Bellarmine in Taipei (Taiwan).

Seven professors:
- Teresa Hyeon Soon Choi, associate professor at the Institute for Whole Person Education Center of Sogang University in Seoul (South Korea).
- Boyd Taylor Coolman, associate professor at the Theology Department of Boston College in Chestnut Hill (United States of America).
- Maria Teresa Fattori, researcher at the University of Teramo (Italy).
- Claudia Leal Luna, full professor at the Pontifical "John Paul II" Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences in Rome (Italy).
- Sara Parvis, associate professor at the School of Divinity of the University of Edinburgh (Great Britain - Scotland).
- Jan-Heiner Tück, head of the Fachbereich Dogmatik und Dogmengeschichte of the Universität Wien (Austria).
- Anne-Sophie Vivier-Muresan, dean of the Faculté de Théologie of the Institut catholique de Paris (France).

(Official English text, B0821 · Italian text)

The Pope's activities. Today's Bulletin contains no statements on the Pope's activities. This morning, according to Vatican News, the Press Office said that Wednesday's General Audience on 21 October in St Peter's Square "is confirmed for now" and that "further updates on other activities" will follow "in the coming hours and days" (our translation; Vatican News, in Italian). Our coverage: the flash on the audience. All the updates on the convalescence in our live blog.

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