US EditionPope Leo Appoints Vincentian Sister as New Deputy of Vatican Press Office
Sister Nina Benedikta Krapić, with extensive communication and legal experience, will assume her role on March 1, 2026, succeeding Cristiane Murray after nearly seven years.
- On Friday, Pope Leo XIV appointed Sister Nina Benedikta Krapić, M.V.Z., Deputy Director of the Holy See Press Office, with the appointment published in the daily Bulletin and first carried by Vatican News; she will assume the role on March 1, 2026.
- After Murray was received in audience by the Pope on Friday, the appointment notice was issued shortly after, filling the role she has held since July 2019.
- Krapić, born in Rijeka on June 7, 1989, worked as a journalist and legal adviser and led communications for Caritas of the Archdiocese of Rijeka.
- Dicastery leadership framed the handover with formal thanks to Cristiane Murray and encouragement for Sister Nina Benedikta Krapić, with Paolo Ruffini praising Murray's `dedication and professionalism` on Feb. 13 and wishing Krapić `fruitful work`.
- Vatican News first published the appointment, and OSV News helped distribute it widely.
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focoinformativo.sitePope Leo XIV this Friday appointed the 36-year-old Croatian nun Nina Benedikta Krapić, who until now worked in the Dicastery for Communication, to replace the Brazilian laity Cristiane Murray.Continue reading...
Pope appoints Sr. Nina Krapić as new Deputy Director of Holy See Press Office
Pope Leo XIV appoints Sister Nina Benedikta Krapić, MVZ, an official of the Dicastery for Communication, as Deputy Director of the Holy See Press Office, taking the place of Cristiane Murray, who has stepped down from the position she has held since July 2019. Read all
The deputy director of the Vatican Press Office resigns. Pope Leo XIV appoints a Croatian nun as her replacement - ZENIT
(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 02.13.2026).- The daily choreography of Vatican communication—briefings, bulletins and carefully parsed statements—will soon include a new protagonist. Pope Leo XIV has appointed Sister Nina Benedikta Krapić, M.V.Z., as deputy director of the Holy See Press Office, entrusting the 34-year-old Croatian religious with one of the most visible roles in the Vatican’s global media apparatus. The announcement, published in th…
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Sister Nina Krapić as Deputy Director of the Press Room of the Holy See, replacing Cristiane Murray, who
Pope Leo XIV named the 36-year-old Croatian nun Nina Benedikta Krapić as the new vice-director of the Vatican Press Office this Friday, who was currently serving in the Dicastery for Communication. She replaces the Brazilian laity Cristiane Murray, representing the first change in the communication team since the beginning of her pontificate. With this appointment, the pontiff not only returns the position to a nun something that did not happen …
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