Pope Leo XIV has appointed Fr Andrea Ciucci as chancellor of the Pontifical Academy for Life, elevating a long-serving Vatican official who has worked closely with the academy for nearly a decade. The appointment was announced on 10 April.
Fr Ciucci, 59, is from Milan and has served as the academy’s secretariat coordinator since 2016. He holds a doctorate in the philosophy of religion from the Pontifical University of Sant’Anselmo in Rome. Before moving into curial work, he served as a parish vicar in Milan, and from 2012 to 2016 he worked at the former Pontifical Council for the Family.
