Pontiff promotes CDF secretary

POPE BENEDICT has named Archbishop Angelo Amato, secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, to be the new prefect of the Congregation for Saints' Causes.
The 70-year-old Italian, a member of the Salesian order, was a long-time collaborator of the future pope when he led the doctrinal congregation.
The Vatican announced that he would be succeeded at the doctrinal congregation by Spanish Jesuit Fr Luis Ladaria, 68, secretary-general of the International Theological Commission.
Archbishop Amato was one of the principal drafters of the congregation's 2000 document, Dominus Jesus, which underscored the unique and universal salvation offered by Christ and his Church.
In late 2002 Pope John Paul .named him an archbishop and secretary of the doctrinal congregation. As prefect of the Congregation for Saints' Causes, a position that signals Pope Benedict's intention to name him a cardinal, Archbishop Amato succeeds Portuguese Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, who turned 76 in January.
Before moving to the doctrinal congregation, Archbishop Amato had taught dogmatic theology and served as vicerector and dean of theology at Rome's Pontifical Salesian University. His successor, Fr Ladaria, has been named an archbishop.