Appointed by Pope Francis as secretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family, and Life in November last year, Gleison de Paula Souza becomes a member of the Board of Directors of the Pontifical Academy for Life.
Newsroom (13/01/2023 9:45 PM, Gaudium Press) Gleison de Paula Souza, secretary of the Vatican Office for the Laity, Family, and Life, was appointed by Pope Francis on Monday, January 11, as a member of the Board of Directors of the Pontifical Academy for Life.
A native of Minas Gerais, Gleison is 38 years old, married and the father of two daughters. The Brazilian holds a Bachelor’s degree in Theology from the Pontifical Salesian University in Rome, and a Master’s degree in Philosophical Sciences from the University of Salento, in Lecce. He teaches Religious Education at the “A. Vallone” High School in Galatina, southern Italy.
Gleison de Paula Souza was a seminarian and was part of the Congregation of the Little Work of Divine Providence from 2005 to 2016.
In November last year, he had been appointed by Pope Francis as secretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family, and Life, replacing Fr. Alexandre Awi Mello, appointed superior general of the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Fathers.
The Pontifical Academy for Life
The Pontifical Academy for Life is a scientific academy, created on February 11, 1994, by Pope John Paul II through the Motu Proprio Vitae Mysterium. Its objective is to study, inform and form about the main problems of biomedicine and the law concerning the promotion and the defense of life, especially in the direct relationship that these have with Christian morality and the directives of the Magisterium of the Church.
The Academy has a supranational character and is composed of 70 members, all nominated by the Pope, representatives of the most diverse branches of the biomedical sciences, and of those related to problems concerning the promotion and defense of human life.
The Pontifical Academy for Life enjoys autonomy and maintains relations with the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers and with several other dicasteries of the Roman Curia involved in the service of human life.
Compiled by Dominic Joseph
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