The Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Fr. Arturo Sosa, SJ, has assigned Fr. Miguel Pedro Melo, SJ, from the Portuguese Province, to join the international office of the Vatican foundation the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network. The official appointment, as International Deputy Director, by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, is pending. Fr. Melo, SJ, will be starting next year and will be living in the community of the General Curia of the Society of Jesus in Rome.
We are very pleased with the ongoing support that the Secretariat of State is providing to this work entrusted to the Society of Jesus, in accordance with the new Statutes approved by the Holy Father this July. We are also delighted for the generosity of the Jesuit Province of Portugal. We give thanks to God and already celebrate the upcoming incorporation of Fr. Miguel Pedro Melo, SJ, in service of this mission.