Meet María Montserrat Alvarado, the Lay Mexican Woman Chosen by Pope Leo XIV to Lead Vatican Media
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In historic appointment Pope Leo names US journalist to Vatican communications office
Pope Leo XIV has named Maria Montserrat “Montse” Alvarado, the current president and COO of US-based Catholic media giant EWTN News, to lead the Vatican’s communication office, the Vatican announced Tuesday. Just under 40, Alvarado will be the youngest person to lead a Vatican dicastery in recent memory and the first woman who is not a religious sister to be a Vatican prefect, a task historically reserved for cardinals.
Léon XIV appointed on Tuesday for the first time a non-religious woman, María Montserrat Alvarado, as head of a ministry in the Vatican. Since 2023 she had led a series of media that was rather critical of Pope Francis. ...
Meet María Montserrat Alvarado, the Lay Mexican Woman Chosen by Pope Leo XIV to Lead Vatican Media
Pope Leo XIV appointed María Montserrat Alvarado, a Mexico City native and veteran Catholic media executive, as the new prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for Communication, making her the first non-religious woman to hold one of the Holy See's most influential communications posts.
New appointment to Dicastery for Communication an opportunity to mend wounds in Vatican media
Although there has been a lot of chatter about Maria Montserrat Alvarado’s appointment due to the conservatism of both EWTN and Becket, little attention is being paid to the current situation affecting the Vatican’s communications offices.
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