New appointments at the Pontifical Council for Social Communications

Pope Benedict has appointed members to the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. They are: Cardinal Josip Bozanic, Archbishop of Zagreb Croatia, Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, India; Cardinal John Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi Kenya; Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Archbishop of Kinshasa Democratic Republic of Congo.

He has also appointed Their Excellencies Timothy Michael Dolan, Archbishop of New York USA, Mark Benedict Coleridge, Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn Australia; Salvatore Fisichella, Titular Archbishop. of Voghenza, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization, Jose Manuel do Nascimento Clemente Macarius, Bishop of Porto Portugal; Joseph Befe Ateba, Bishop of Kribi Cameroon; Barthelemy Adoukonou, Titular Bishop Zama Minor, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture.

The Holy Father has also appointed a number of consultants to the Council.