![]() ![]() A new direction for the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the FaithĪrchbishop Fernández’s appointment comes at a transitional moment for what was once the Vatican’s top office. Turning 61 years old this month and likely being made a cardinal later this year, Archbishop Fernández appears to be one of Francis’ “ legacy appointments”-someone who will continue to wield influence in the Catholic Church well after his five-year term as prefect of the D.D.F, which is often extended, expires. He has worked closely with the pope over the years and was credited as a “ghostwriter” for Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation “ Amoris Laetitia” (“The Joy of Love”). In the days since his appointment was announced on July 1, conversations and debates have swirled about Archbishop Fernández’s mandate, as described by Pope Francis in a letter, and about controversies from his past.Īrchbishop Fernández is currently the archbishop of La Plata, Argentina, a city just outside the pope’s hometown of Buenos Aires. Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Victor Manuel “Tucho” Fernández to succeed Cardinal Luis Ladaria Ferrer as the head of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, its central doctrinal office.
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