The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) is the oldest among the departments of the Roman Curia. Its seat is the Palace of the Holy Office in Rome. It was founded to defend the Catholic Church from heresy and is the body responsible for promulgating and defending Catholic doctrine.
William Edward Lori is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as the 16th archbishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore in Maryland since 2012. He was previously the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport in Connecticut, and before that an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Washington D.C. He also serves as vice-president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Thomas John Curry is an Irish-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Curry served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles from 1994 to 2018. From 1994 to 2013, he was the episcopal vicar of the Santa Barbara Pastoral Region.
The Church of Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca is one of the titular churches of Rome to which Cardinal Priests of the Roman Catholic Church may be appointed. It was established as a titular church in 1988 by Pope John Paul II for Cardinal James Hickey, Archbishop of Washington.
Kevin Joseph Farrell KGCHS is a prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a cardinal and served as prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life since 2016. In 2019 he was appointed camerlengo of the Catholic Church as well.
The Diocese of Rome, also called the Vicariate of Rome, is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church under the direct jurisdiction of the Pope, who is Bishop of Rome and hence the supreme pontiff and head of the worldwide Catholic Church. As the Holy See, the papacy is a sovereign entity with diplomatic relations, and civil jurisdiction over the Vatican City State located geographically within Rome. The Diocese of Rome is the metropolitan diocese of the Province of Rome, an ecclesiastical province in Italy. The first bishop of Rome was Saint Peter in the first century. The incumbent since 13 March 2013 is Pope Francis.
Robert Walter McElroy is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of San Diego in California since 2015.
Santos Abril y Castelló is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church. After a career in the diplomatic corps of the Holy See, he held a number of positions in the Roman Curia and from 2011 to 2016 was Archpriest of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore.
Prosper Grech was a Maltese Augustinian friar, who co-founded the Patristic Institute Augustinianum in Rome. He was created a cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI on 18 February 2012. He was the second Maltese member of the College of Cardinals, the first since 1843.
Santa Maria Domenica Mazzarello is a parish church of the Diocese of Rome as well as a titular church to which a cardinal priest is sometimes assigned.
José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R., is a Spanish-born Panamanian friar of the Order of Augustinian Recollects and prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has served as Bishop of David, since 1999.
Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. is an American-born prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops since April 12, 2023, having been appointed on January 30, 2023. He previously served as Bishop of Chiclayo in Peru from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Order of St. Augustine, he worked in Peru from 1985 to 1986 and from 1988 to 1998 as a parish pastor, diocesan official, seminary teacher and administrator. Prevost headed his order from its headquarters in Rome from 2001 to 2013. He spent the years 1987 to 1988 and 1998 to 2001 in the United States, based in Chicago.
Our Lady of Consolation or Mary, Comforter of the Afflicted is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary and venerated in the Roman Catholic Church.
San Paolo della Croce a Corviale is a 20th-century parochial church and titular church in the western suburbs of Rome, dedicated to Saint Paul of the Cross.
Santa Maria Immacolata all'Esquilino is a 20th-century parochial church and titular church on the Esquiline Hill in Rome, dedicated to Mary Immaculate.
Santa Maria Goretti is a 20th-century parochial church and titular church in the northern suburbs of Rome, dedicated to Saint Maria Goretti.
Sławomir Szkredka is a Polish-born priest of the Catholic Church and biblical scholar who serves as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
Santa Gemma Galgani a Monte Sacro is a 20th-century parochial church and titular church in northeastern Rome, dedicated to Saint Gemma Galgani (1878–1903).
Santa Bernadette Soubirous is a 20th-century parochial church and titular church in eastern Rome, dedicated to Saint Bernadette Soubirous (1844–1879).
