The Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) has announced that Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro, who previously served as chancellor of the academy, meaning its de facto second-in-command, had been tapped as president of the institution, founded by Pope John Paul II in 1994.
Pegoraro, an Italian priest, bioethicist and physician, replaces Italian Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, who had served as president of the academy since 2016, during an often tumultuous period for the academy, and who has now retired, having reached the age of 80 in April.
