Pope Leo has appointed a prelate who accused westerners of being “obsessed” with female ordination to lead a key Vatican office charged with interpreting Church law. The Vatican announced on March 25 that Pope Leo has called Australian bishop Anthony Randazzo to Rome to become prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Text, at the same…
Pope taps vocal opponent of female ordination for top Vatican job
Pope Leo XIV inaugurates a
mosaic of the Virgin Mary and a
statue of 16th-century St Rose
of Lima during a ceremony
in the Vatican Gardens, at
the Vatican on January 31, 2026.
Photo: OSV News/Vincenzo
Livieri, Reuters

