Pope Francis has appointed the new under-secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA) Sister Silvana Piro, until now bursar general of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Child Jesus (FMGB).
APSA’s mission is to administer the assets that are property of the Holy See, intended to provide the funds necessary to fulfill the functions of the Roman Curia.
Sister Silvana Piro was born on November 6, 1972, in the town of Torre del Greco, in the province of Naples (Italy). She is 50 years old.
After completing her studies in business administration at the University of Pisa, she obtained a postgraduate degree in innovation management at the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna of Pisa.
In 2008, she obtained a bachelor’s degree in theology at the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome. On December 7, 2009, she gave her perpetual vows in the Congregation of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Child Jesus.
Between 2008 and 2012, she collaborated with the youth ministry of the Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve. Since 2012, she has served as bursar general of her religious institute.
(This article was translated by Jacob Stein)
Walter Sanchez Silva is a senior writer for ACI Prensa. He has experience in researching and covering international ecclesiastical events such as World Youth Days (WYD) in Cologne 2005, Madrid 2011, and Rio 2013; the Fifth General Conference of the Latin American Episcopal Council in Aparecida; as well as the trips of Pope Benedict XVI in May 2007 to Brazil and in 2012 to Mexico. He covered Pope Francis' trip to South Korea in 2014 and the Synods of Bishops in the Vatican in 2015 (on the family) and 2019 (on the Amazon). He was also sent to cover the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti in 2010 and served as a field producer in Buenos Aires in 2013 for the documentary "Pope Francis: The Pope of the New World".
