RATZINGER PRIZE 2022 TO FATHER MICHEL FéDOU AND PROF. JOSEPH H. H. WEILER
Vatican City, 7th October 2022 – Next December 1st, Pope Francis will deliver Ratzinger Prize 2022 to...
Vatican City, January 27, 2026 – The Statute of the Joseph Ratzinger – Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation provides for the expiration of the terms of office of all institutional bodies every five years.
Since the previous five-year term ended in 2025, the Secretariat of State, to which the Foundation reports, has provided for their renewal and appropriate changes.
The Foundation's governing bodies are therefore composed as follows:
Board of Directors (appointed by the Secretary of State):
President: Rev. Prof. Roberto Regoli
Members: H.E. Msgr. Georg Gänswein; Rev. Prof. Achim Buckenmaier; Attorney Francesca Bazoli; Dr. Alberto Gasbarri.
Scientific Committee (appointed by the Holy Father):
Cardinal Kurt Koch; Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime; H.E. Msgr. Salvatore Fisichella; H.E. Archbishop Rudolf Voderholzer; His Excellency Archbishop Bruno Forte.
Board of Auditors:
President: Dr. Aurelio Ingrassia (appointed by the Secretariat for the Economy)
Members: Dr. Andrea Filippi; Dr. Giuseppe Mascarucci (appointed by the Secretariat of State)
The following members of the Scientific Committee, Cardinal L. Ladaria and Cardinal G. Ravasi, completed their terms and were thanked for their valuable service; the President of the Board of Directors, Father F. Lombardi; and the members of the Board of Directors, Professors Don G. Costa and Dr. R. Poletti; and the President of the Board of Auditors, Dr. A. Roppo.
Statement from the new President, Rev. Prof. Roberto Regoli
"The Holy Father Leo XIV and Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin have reappointed the new presidents of the Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Foundation. I extend my thanks to the Pope and the Secretary of State for their attentive benevolence toward the institution. I personally thank them for the trust they have placed in me, which I intend to reciprocate in the best possible way.
Special thanks to Cardinals Ladaria and Ravasi, who in recent years, with their intelligence and insight, have made a valuable contribution to the pursuit of the Foundation's goals. I extend my gratitude for their dedication to Don Costa, Dr. Poletti, and Dr. Roppo. A heartfelt and particularly significant thank you goes to Father Lombardi, the Foundation's public and serene face, who over the past 10 years has guided the path of institutional initiatives with prudence and confidence. We know he can remain a point of reference for all of us. We hope he will reap in abundance what he has sown.
Looking ahead, my thoughts of gratitude also go to To those who have been reappointed to their roles in the Foundation (Cardinal Koch, Archbishops Gänswein and Fisichella, Bishop Voderholzer, Professor Buckenmaier, Drs. Filippi and Mascarucci) and to those who begin this new service with me (Cardinal Artime, Archbishop Forte, Attorney Dr. Bazoli, Drs. Gasbarri and Ingrassia). We have an exciting five-year period ahead of us. Among our primary commitments will be the celebration of the centenary of the birth of Joseph Ratzinger (1927-2027), which we have been preparing for for half a year with the planning of conferences, publications, exhibitions, and concerts that will involve many countries on every continent. The legacy of Ratzinger, theologian and pope, is very much alive, even pastorally, as it is the source and confirmation of many personal journeys of conversion around the world. The vivacity of his thought not only has something to say, but can make a significant contribution. to the theological and cultural debates of our time. My personal commitment is that this voice may continue to resonate, including through the Foundation. I am thinking not only of university classrooms, but also and above all of young people, whom we must help rediscover the beauty of faith, first and foremost, in Christ and in the Church.
