Asian News Vatican Appoints Indian Youth to International Advisory Body The Vatican has appointed Dr. Freya Francis from Coimbatore, south India, to the International Youth Advisory Body (IYAB).
Vatican News Pope Francis appoints the first lay secretary to Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life Pope Francis appointed the first lay secretary, Gleison De Paula Souza, for the Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life on November 17. 38-year-old Souza is a high school teacher of religion and a father of two daughters.