This appointment does not only say who will pilot the Vatican media machine. She also says who Rome wants to talk to again. Tuesday, June 2, the Holy See announced that Leo XIV named Maria Montserrat Alvarado prefect of the dicastery for communication. Born in Mexico, trained at Florida International University and George Washington University, the current president and COO of EWTN News will take office on November 1. According to the Spanish media Vida Nueva, it is a personal choice of the pope, kept “in the most absolute secrecy”.
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