Pope Names Women Managers to Vatican Economy Council
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Pope Leo XIV made new choices for the Vatican economy team.
He put two women managers in the Council for the Economy.
One woman is Princess Gisela of Liechtenstein.
She is a manager with business experience.
The Pope wants more women to help with Vatican money matters.
This is a new step for the Vatican economy group.
The Pope also gave a job to Cardinal Repole.
Repole now works at the dicastery for the Economy.
This is his fourth big job. People call it a 'poker' of jobs.
A poker means four of something.
The Vatican wants better management of its money.
These changes show new plans for the Vatican's economy.
Vocabulary15 words
- Council
- a group of people who make decisions together
- dicastery
- a department in the Vatican government
- Vatican
- the small state where the Pope lives and works
- manager
- a person who leads or controls business work
- princess
- a woman from a royal family
- cardinal
- a very high leader in the Catholic Church
- economy
- how money and business work in a place
- appoint
- to choose someone for a job
- poker
- here, a group of four jobs
- step
- a small action or change
- plan
- an idea about what to do
- team
- a group of people who work together
- job
- work that a person does
- business
- work with money and companies
- leader
- a person who guides others
Quiz
Answer key
1. Two women managers 2. A new manager on the Council 3. A job at the economy dicastery
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Pope Leo XIV made new _____ for the Vatican economy team.
He put two women _____ in the Council for the Economy.
One woman is _____ Gisela of Liechtenstein.
She is a manager with business _____.
The Pope wants more women to help with Vatican money _____.
This is a new _____ for the Vatican economy group.
The Pope also gave a job to Cardinal _____.
Repole now works at the _____ for the Economy.
This is his fourth big job. People call it a '_____' of jobs.
The Vatican wants better _____ of its money.