Raffaella Petrini

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Raffaella Petrini
Personal
Born (1969-01-15) January 15, 1969 (age 53)
Rome, Italy
Religion Catholic
NationalityItalian
Education Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli
Known forDoctor from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Professor at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Institute Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist (FSE)
Senior posting
Previous postOfficial of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
Present postSecretary General of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State#Governorate of Vatican City State

Raffaella Petrini (born 15 January 1969) is an Italian religious sister of the congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist and a Roman Curia official.

Biography

She was born in Rome on 15 January 1969 [1] and graduated with a degree in Political Science from the Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli of Rome. She received a doctorate from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), where she was later appointed professor of Welfare Economics and Sociology of Economic Processes. [2] [3] She also studied organizational behavior at the University of Hartford (Connecticut), receiving a masters degree in 2001. [4]

From 2005 to 2021 she has worked on the staff of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. [2]

On 4 November 2021, Pope Francis appointed her to be the first woman to hold the office of Secretary General of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State. [5] He noted that since she held the number two position in the governorship of Vatican City, Petrini had become the highest-ranking woman in the world's smallest state. [6]

On 13 July 2022, Pope Francis appointed women as members of the Dicastery for Bishops for the first time, two religious sisters and one consecrated virgin: Raffaella Petrini, Yvonne Reungoat, and María Lía Zervino. [7] [8]

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