{"id":78178,"date":"2026-03-24T01:05:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T01:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=78178"},"modified":"2026-03-24T01:05:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T01:05:30","slug":"just-what-does-it-mean-to-be-named-a-chaplain-of-his-holiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/just-what-does-it-mean-to-be-named-a-chaplain-of-his-holiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Cosa significa esattamente essere nominato \u2018cappellano di Sua Santit\u00e0\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tra le recenti nomine di Papa Leone XIV, una in particolare \u00e8 stata effettuata con notevole frequenza: quella di \u201ccappellano di Sua Santit\u00e0\u201d. Cosa significa questo titolo onorifico?<\/p>\n

Nel novembre 2025, il Santo Padre ha conferito questo titolo al suo segretario, il sacerdote peruviano don Edgard Iv\u00e1n Rimaycuna Inga, inserendolo ufficialmente nella famiglia pontificia, in conformit\u00e0 con le disposizioni del motu proprio del 1968 Pontificalis Domus<\/a> <\/em>(\u201cCasa Pontificia\u201d).<\/em><\/p>\n

Tra coloro che hanno ricevuto questa distinzione nei giorni scorsi c'\u00e8 don Ferm\u00edn Gonz\u00e1lez Melado, sacerdote diocesano nato a Badajoz, in Spagna, che risiede a Roma dal 2019.<\/p>\n

Laureato in biologia e in teologia del matrimonio e della famiglia, Gonz\u00e1lez \u00e8 consulente del Dicastero per la Dottrina della Fede e membro del comitato di etica clinica dell'Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Ges\u00f9. Dal 2021 \u00e8 anche vice rettore della Chiesa Nazionale Spagnola di San Giacomo e Montserrat a Roma.<\/p>\n

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Don Ferm\u00edn Gonz\u00e1lez Melado. | Crediti: Arcidiocesi di M\u00e9rida-Badajoz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In un'intervista ad ACI Prensa, il servizio in lingua spagnola di EWTN News, <\/em>ha spiegato che il titolo di \u201ccappellano di Sua Santit\u00e0\u201d \u00e8 un riconoscimento \u201cconcesso dai dicasteri, poich\u00e9 sono i prefetti a suggerire alla segreteria di stato il riconoscimento di persone che hanno lavorato presso la Santa Sede\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ha chiarito che questo \u201cnon implica un cambio di lavoro o di status lavorativo, ma piuttosto una sorta di medaglia che riconosce un lavoro meritorio. \u00c8 un titolo onorifico che comporta un cambio di colore della talare e poco altro\u201d, ha spiegato.<\/p>\n

Con questa nomina a cappellano, il papa gli ha conferito anche il titolo onorifico di monsignore. D'ora in poi, come membro della famiglia pontificia, il sacerdote potr\u00e0 indossare la talare con bottoni e filettature color paonazzo, insieme alla fascia dello stesso colore, secondo il protocollo.<\/p>\n

Gonz\u00e1lez ha affermato che questo titolo non \u00e8 riservato solo alla Santa Sede, \u201cma pu\u00f2 essere concesso anche dai vescovi nelle loro diocesi dopo averlo richiesto al Vaticano\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ha sottolineato che non esiste una cifra precisa sul numero di cappellani di Sua Santit\u00e0 nel mondo. \u201cAlcune diocesi concedono questo onore ai sacerdoti al compimento degli 80 anni, in riconoscimento del loro servizio\u201d, ha aggiunto.<\/p>\n

Sebbene non abbia ancora potuto esprimere di persona la sua gratitudine a Papa Leone XIV, ha ricordato il suo recente incontro con lui, insieme ad altri membri del Dicastero per la Dottrina della Fede, durante la sua assemblea plenaria<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Il sacerdote ha raccontato ad ACI Prensa che ogni volta che incontra il Santo Padre, gli piace fargli \u201cun piccolo dono\u201d. Nell'ultima occasione, gli ha regalato un libro e un film documentario sul Santuario di Nostra Signora dei Dolori di Chandavila, a La Codosera, in Spagna, che si trova nella sua diocesi.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u00c8 il primo santuario e la prima devozione a Nostra Signora dei Dolori approvata in Spagna secondo le nuove norme<\/a> del dicastero sui presunti fenomeni soprannaturali\u201d, ha spiegato.<\/p>\n

Questa storia \u00e8 stata pubblicata per la prima volta<\/a> di ACI Prensa, il servizio in lingua spagnola affiliato a EWTN News. \u00c8 stato tradotto e adattato da EWTN News English.<\/em><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.ewtnnews.com\/vatican\/just-what-does-it-mean-to-be-named-a-chaplain-of-his-holiness<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Among the recent appointments of Pope Leo XIV, one in particular has been made with remarkable frequency: that of \u201cchaplain of His Holiness.\u201d What does this honorary title mean? In November 2025, the Holy Father bestowed this title upon his secretary, Peruvian priest Father Edgard Iv\u00e1n Rimaycuna Inga, officially incorporating him into the papal household, [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-78178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50119,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/what-its-like-to-be-a-chaplain-on-the-road-with-the-body-of-christ\/","url_meta":{"origin":78178,"position":0},"title":"What it\u2019s like to be a chaplain on the road with the body of Christ","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Giugno 23, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Father Michael Herlihey, OFM Cap, one of three chaplains serving pilgrims along the Drexel Route, blesses children following the opening Mass of the 2025 Eucharistic Pilgrimage in Indianpolis on May 18, 2025. \/ Credit: Jeffrey Bruno Washington, D.C. 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