Francis Appoints Lay Monk as Montecassino Abbot

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Future Abbot Ordained a Deacon – in Private

gloria.tv | February 20, 2023

Brother Luca Fallica, who belongs to the diocesan Holy Trinity Monastery of Dumenza, Italy, was ordained a deacon on Tuesday February 14, SilereNonPossum.it writes (February 19).

Fallica, who is not a Benedictine, was imposed by Francis – without any “synodality” – as the abbot of the Benedictine monastery of Montecassino whose first abbot was Saint Benedict himself.

The rite was presided in Dumenza by Auxiliary Bishop Franco Agnesi, Vicar General of Milan Archdiocese, with the participation of only a few people contrary to Canon Law. Not even the Apostolic Administrator of Montecassino was present.

It is unclear whether Fallica will also have to undergo Benedictine formation and to profess solemn vows in the Benedictine Order.