The Brazilian priest Alexandre Awi Mello, the National Director of Brazil's Schí¶nstatt Movement, will serve as the new secretary for the the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life. He was born Rio de Janeiro in 1971, and was ordained a priest in 2001.
Since 2002, he has been a professor of Pastoral Theology in several Brazilian universities. In 2007, he collaborated in the Aparecida Conference. He also directs the magazine 'Tabor,â? and has published several articles in magazines specialized in catechetical and pastoral works.