Pope Francis made some high profile appointments heading into last weekend, naming Sr. Nathalie Becquart and Fr. Luis Marín de San Martín as undersecretaries to the Synod of Bishops.
The appointment of Sr. Becquart has been hailed as historic, a watershed, a major and welcome development.
She certainly has an impressive resumé, to say the least: from her study of philosophy at the Sorbonne in Paris, to volunteer work Lebanon as a Professor of Mathematics and French in a Catholic high school while pursuing advanced studies in philosophy and theology at ISSR-St Joseph Jesuit University of Beirut, to a two-year stint in marketing and advertising for NGOs and Christian organizations in Paris.
