CM Archbishop Re-appointed by Benedict XVI

Pope John Paul II has appointed a Slovenian prefect of the Congregation for Religious and a Croatian secretary general of the Synod of Bishops.Archbishop Rode, a 69-year-old Lazarist priest, has previously served at the Vatican as secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture and secretary of the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue, before becoming an archbishop in his native Slovenia. As the prefect of a Vatican congregation, he would be expected to be named a cardinal at the next consistory.

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