Local Priest Named to Vatican’s U.N. Staff

Father Philip J. Bene, pastor of Cure of Ars Parish in Shrewsbury, has been named to the diplomatic staff of the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations.

Father Bene, who has served as a canon lawyer in the Church’s Marriage Tribunal in St. Louis, will serve as an attache working with two committees, legal and social. The social committee deals with human rights matters, he said....

Congratulations to Fr. Bene!