“It’s a risky job, I hope they’ll listen to me,” says Vatican’s new media adviser
“It’s a risky job, I hope they’ll listen to me,” says Vatican’s new media adviser
In an interview with Vatican Insider, Greg Burke, the Vatican’s new media adviser said his job would not just involve putting together responses but coming up with strategies
Last 10 June, U.S. journalist Greg Burke decided he was going to turn his life around. He accepted the offer of a position as media adviser to the Vatican Secretary of State.
This is a new role and was conceived in light of the Vatileak scandal, the crisis triggered by the leak of confidential documents belonging to Benedict XVI. Burke said this was a “high risk” job.
The 52 year old Opus Dei member will officially start his new role on Monday 2 July. Up until now he has been working as a correspondent for Fox News, following a stint at Time magazine.
He has been living in Rome for over two decades and is well aware of the difficulties that exist within the Vatican.
Burke is also aware of the fact that no one can snap their fingers and change the world of the Roman Curia just like that. No one. Not even the Pope.
But like any journalist, he is also well aware that the Holy See is going through a terrible moment in terms of its image.
It is being tormented by news leaks, poison pen letter writers and by a series of obvious internal management errors which have received negative attention in the press.
In an interview with Vatican Insider, Burke explained how he imagines his contribution, which he refers to as his “grain of sand”, to the vital change of course in apostolic communication.
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