The Vatican announced Sept. 26 that five men were appointed as
consultants to the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme
Pontiff.
The office plans the ceremonies of Papal liturgies, and is headed by
the Papal master of ceremonies, currently Monsignor Guido Marini.
Those appointed are Fr. Silvano Maggiani, Fr. Corrado Maggioni, Fr.
Giuseppe Midili, Monsignor Angelo Lameri, and Archimandrite Fr. Manuel
Nin.
Fr. Maggiani is a professor of liturgy at the Marianum Pontifical
faculty and at the St. Anselm Pontifical Athenaeum, and Fr. Maggioni is
an office head at the Congregation for Divine Worship.
Fr. Midili, a Carmelite, is director of the Diocese of Rome's
liturgical office, and teaches pastoral liturgy at the St. Anselm
Pontifical Athenaeum alongside Fr. Maggiani.
Monsignor Lameri is a priest of the Diocese of Cremona, and teaches
liturgy at the Pontifical Lateran University, while Archimandrite Fr.
Nin is rector of the Pontifical Greek College.
According to Rorate Caeli, none of the previous members of the office
were confirmed.
These included Monsignor Nicola Bux, a professor at the
Theological Faculty of Puglia, and Monsignor Uwe Michael Lang, a member
of the London Oratory and an official of the Congregation for Divine
Worship, both of whom had been appointed to the office by Benedict XVI
in 2008.
Another appointment made was that of Erna Moller, a Swedish
professor of immunology, to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.