On 18 August 2026, Pope Leo XIV appointed new Consultors to the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.
As set out in the Apostolic Constitution Praedicate Evangelium, the Consultors of the Dicasteries of the Roman Curia, appointed for a five-year term, are chosen “from among the faithful who are distinguished by their expertise, proven ability and prudence” and in their selection, “care must be taken to respect, as much as possible, the criterion of universality” (PE, art. 16). They are therefore theologians, canonists, priests, religious, and laypeople – both men and women – from all over the world who support the Dicastery by contributing their specific human, scientific, pastoral, and ecclesial expertise, offering opinions and insights to help address issues that require particular attention.
The newly appointed Consultors, as published in the Bulletin of the Holy See, are as follows:
· Rev. Monsignor Peter Klasvogt, Rector of the Pontifical Teutonic College of Santa Maria in Camposanto in Rome (Italy);
· Rev. Francesco Coluccia, Director of the Office for Pastoral Health Care of the Archdiocese of Otranto (Italy);
· Rev. Emmanuel Katongole, Professor in the Department of Theology of the University of Notre Dame in South Bend (United States of America);
· Rev. Joseph Jeyaraj Swaminathan, S.D.B., Professor in the Faculty of Educational Sciences of the Pontifical Salesian University in Rome;
· Omer S. Combary, Professor in the Département d’Économie of the Université Thomas Sankara in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso);
· Lucy Afandi Esipila, Regional Coordinator of Caritas Africa;
· Paolo Foglizzo, Editor of Aggiornamenti Sociali – San Fedele Cultural Foundation in Milan (Italy);
· Peter G. Kirchschläger, Director of the Institut für Sozialethik at the University of Lucerne (Switzerland);
· Kathryn A. Koch, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Trust Company of the West in Los Angeles (United States of America);
· Jacqueline Remond, Adjunct Lecturer at the School of Theology, Australian Catholic University in Sydney (Australia);
· Caren Rodrigues, Associate Professor at the Saint Joseph’s Institute of Management in Bangalore (India);
· Clemens Sedmak, Director of the Nanovic Institute for European Studies at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend (United States of America).
These new Consultants join those who have been previously appointed. To view the full list, please consult: Members and Consultants.