# Pope names two under-secretaries to Vatican human development office

- By: Andrés MP-T
- 2026-11-05T16:22:50.000Z

## Excerpt

On 5 November 2026 Leo XIV named Avelino Chicoma Bundo Chico, a Jesuit from Lobito in Angola, and Claudia Leal Luna, a Chilean theologian, as under-secretaries of the Holy See's social dicastery. They take the seats Fabio Baggio and Jozef Barlaš left on 1 September. The office covers migration, labour, justice and the common home.

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