"Call Me Monsieur": The Vatican's Press Service Will Be Headed for the First Time by a Woman.
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American Montserratian Alvarado is now required to head the Vatican Communications Service, a position that has always been held by men, so her official title is the "Préfect of the Communications Department".
Maria Montserrat Alvarado, the current director of EWTN News, took office as Prefect of the Dicastery for Communications on November 1st. She is the first laywoman to head this institution in the Roman Curia. Pope Leo XIV's appointment can be linked to new emphases in the Holy See's information policy, argues Quentin Finelli in an article for the Tribune Chrétienne website. Alvarado is from Mexico, and the article "Maria Montserrat Alvarado has …
Despite the career leap, Alvarado is not going to impose her own vision, but will "implement" what Pope Leo expects of her.
Communication has been one of the core competencies of the Catholic Church for 2,000 years. Now, for the first time, the Pope has appointed a woman to the head of his media apparatus. Like himself, Maria Montserrat Alvarado is an American.
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