Pope Francis has accepted Father Juan Antonio Guerrero Alves’ resignation, “for personal reasons”, from the post of Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy. The resignation takes effect on Thursday 1 December. Father Guerrero is succeeded by economist Maximino Caballero Ledo, the current Secretary of the Secretariat, who is connected to Guerrero by a long friendship. He received the appointment as Prefect by the Pope and will take office on the same day.
The Holy See Press Office released a statement that says the Pope thanked Father Guerrero warmly"for the dedication shown in his service to the Holy See". Father Guerrero, it added,"managed to put the economy in order, it was hard and demanding work that bore much fruit. The Holy Father assures him of His prayers".
To coincide with the announcement, Father Guerrero sent a letter to the employees and collaborators of the Secretariat for the Economy, in which he explains the reasons for his decision: “You are aware,” he writes, “that I have undergone surgery during the course of this year, and as a result of this I am undergoing medical treatment that has side effects that make it particularly difficult for me to carry out a task as demanding as the one I am entrusted with, and that requires a greater...
In the letter, Guerrero retraces his journey over the past three years, explaining that he leaves “with sadness, but also with immense gratitude to the Lord, to the Holy Father and all of you, and with the satisfaction that together we have contributed to the economic reform called for” by Pope Francis.
We are now entering a new phase, Guerrero explains, which “requires a more competent person and, above all, someone who is in his prime”. Then, the outgoing Prefect adds: “We have experienced that in the process of reform there are forward steps and backward steps, but as the years go by, we see real progress. We are not now at the same point at which we started. In any case, we know that being a controlling body always involves being in an uncomfortable position for those who are controlled.
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