Fondazione Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice

 
Chairman of the Board Announces Resignation
 

Count Lorenzo Rossi di Montelera has announced his resignation of the Chairmanship of Fondazione Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice (FCAPP) effective with the board meeting on November 13, 2009.  Count Rossi has completed two terms as Chair as well as an exceptional two-year extension requested by the board and approved by the Vatican.

 
   Count Rossi is a founding member of FCAPP and has been instrumental in our own start up of CAPP in the United States. With Pope John Paul II’s support and encouragement Count Rossi’s leadership has seen the expansion of the Foundation from approximately 10 chapters in Italy to a truly international reach with chapters in the USA, Canada, Spain, Germany, Malta, Switzerland and ongoing discussions for chapters in France, UK, Poland, Slovakia, Argentina, Brazil, Philippines, Korea, Hong Kong and Japan.

 
Count Rossi has also overseen a similar internationalization of the Vatican based FCAPP board. Under his guidance this nine person group has gone from all Italian men to its current composition which includes an American, Spaniard, German, Maltese and two Italian women.  During his twelve-year tenure, FCAPP also continued the honor of meeting yearly with the Holy Father and instituted the practice, under Pope Benedict XVI, for CAPP members to address the Holy Father.

 
A true Christian gentleman, Count Rossi’s leadership was instrumental in making FCAPP an instrument of evangelization - an evangelization based on the Church’s social doctrine.

 
In recognition of Count Rossi’s service to the Church, his significant labors, support of the Holy See, and the good example he set in his community and the many countries where he represented the Foundation, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State, joined Cardinal Attilio Nicora, President of A.P.S.A., in officiating in Count Rossi’s appointment to the Grand Cross of the Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great.

 
Count Rossi will remain on the board through his current term.