ROME -- Msgr. Gilfredo Marengo, a theologian who led important research on the drafting of St. Paul VI's "Humanae Vitae," has been appointed vice president of Rome's Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences.

WASHINGTON D.C. (CNA) -- Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, grand chancellor of RomeöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Pontifical Institute John Paul II and president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, has responded to controversy over a plan to restructure the schoolöÏÓãÊÓƵapp faculty and curriculum.

VATICAN CITY -- A normally quiet month was surprisingly struck by a brief, but intense summer squall at the end of July.

VATICAN CITY (CNA) -- Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI met last week with a recently dismissed professor of moral theology at RomeöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Pontifical John Paul II Institute, amid ongoing controversy regarding recent changes to the Institute.

VATICAN CITY (CNA) - The vice-president of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute in Rome said that changes to the schoolöÏÓãÊÓƵapp governing structure and academic program are a serious threat to its identity, and to the important pastoral ministry it supports.