Pope Leo introduces the Vatican’s new communications chief
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Maria Montserrat Alvarado has taken over as prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communications, succeeding Paolo Ruffini
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Pope Leo XIV has introduced the Vatican’s new communications chief: Maria Montserrat Alvarado.
The Mexican-American former head of the Washington, D.C.-based EWTN Catholic broadcasting empire took over as prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communications on November 1, succeeding Paolo Ruffini.
She becomes the first woman to lead the office, one of the largest and costliest parts of the Holy See bureaucracy which has long faced criticism from Vatican financial officials over its budget and staffing, and from journalists who complain that it is too slow to respond to requests for information and comment — if it responds at all.
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