Silvia Monica Correale | |
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Born |
Rosario, Argentina |
Nationality | Argentine |
Occupation | Postulator |
Doctor Silvia Monica Correale is an Argentine-Italian lawyer from Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. [1] She is the first ever woman Postulator in the Vatican City, having worked there since graduating from university. [2]
Corrale studied law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina and then worked there as a professor of theology for three years. In 1988, she moved to Rome, Italy, to study for a degree in canon law at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas and became a doctor in canon law after graduating from the Pontifical Lateran University " Summa cum laude". [1] She has used her qualifications to speak to the media on behalf of the Vatican in relation to canon law. [3]
Corrale started working for the Holy See in 1992 as the Deputy Commissioner for the Defense of the Link in the Special Commission of Super Rato causes. [1] [4] She later came to be referred to as the "Decana de los Argentinos en Roma" (English: Dean of the Argentines in Rome) as she was the longest serving Argentine working in the Vatican City. [4] In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI appointed her as the first female Postulator for the beatification department and the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. [1] One of her first cases involved the beatification of Vietnamese Cardinal, François-Xavier Nguyên Van Thuân. [5] As Postulator, she has focused her attention on the beatification of potential Argentine saints, [6] [7] becoming recognised as the specialist Postulator for Argentine cases. [8] Since her appointment, there have been a number of additional female Postulators appointed to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. [9]