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Pope Leo XIV Appoints First Lay Woman To Lead Vatican Communications
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VATICAN CITY-Pope Leo XIV has appointed Dr. Maria Montserrat Alvarado, currently president and chief operating officer of Catholic media company EWTN News, as prefect of the dicastery for communication.
The dicastery oversees the Holy See's numerous communications systems, including Vatican News, Vatican Radio, L'Osservatore Romano, Vatican Media, the Holy See Press Office, the Vatican publishing house, the Vatican Printing press, and the Filmoteca Vaticana.
Maria Montserrat Alvarado was born in Mexico City and obtained her academic qualifications at Florida International University and George Washington University. From 2009 to 2023 she held senior positions at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, a non-profit, public-interest law firm dedicated to protecting the free expression of all religious traditions, which she joined as assistant director of communications and left as chief operating officer.
Since 2023, she has served as president and chief operating officer of EWTN News, the news division of the Eternal Word Television Network, where she oversees international media platforms that produce content in seven languages across television, print, radio, digital media and social media.
She is the first layperson appointed to lead the Holy See's communications.
The dicastery oversees the Holy See's numerous communications systems, including Vatican News, Vatican Radio, L'Osservatore Romano, Vatican Media, the Holy See Press Office, the Vatican publishing house, the Vatican Printing press, and the Filmoteca Vaticana.
Maria Montserrat Alvarado was born in Mexico City and obtained her academic qualifications at Florida International University and George Washington University. From 2009 to 2023 she held senior positions at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, a non-profit, public-interest law firm dedicated to protecting the free expression of all religious traditions, which she joined as assistant director of communications and left as chief operating officer.
Since 2023, she has served as president and chief operating officer of EWTN News, the news division of the Eternal Word Television Network, where she oversees international media platforms that produce content in seven languages across television, print, radio, digital media and social media.
She is the first layperson appointed to lead the Holy See's communications.
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