Mexican Woman Becomes Prefect of Dicastery for Communication

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Pope Leo XIV has appointed Maria Montserrat Alvarado as the new Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication. She is replacing Paolo Ruffini, 69, who has served as Prefect since 2018.

Alvarado will become the first lay woman to head a dicastery of the Roman Curia. She will take up her new position on November 1.

President and COO of EWTN News

Born in Mexico City, Alvarado holds academic degrees from Florida International University and George Washington University.

From 2009 to 2023, she served in leadership positions at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. Since 2023, she has served as President and Chief Operating Officer of EWTN News, but was not particularly successful.

The Dicastery for Communication oversees Vatican News, L'Osservatore Romano, Vatican Radio, and all Holy See media.

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De Profundis shares this

5 months ago

She serves on the board of the Acton Institute. The Acton Institute (free-market Catholicism, associated with figures like homosexual Robert Sirico) is deeply controversial among Catholics

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Mario Angheran5 months ago

De Profundis Bergoglian

Boanerges Boanerges5 months ago

I guess for now they refrained from picking a man in drag...

SonoftheChurch5 months ago

Please don’t give them any ideas. It’s bad enough as it is.

Wilma Lopez shares this

5 months ago

Another prefectress

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De Profundis5 months ago

She becomes the first laywoman to lead a Vatican Dicastery, and will begin her new role in November.

Some Good News5 months agoedited

Chip, chip, chip, away. For a thief, first it's a candy bar, then a car, then a bank. For a progressive, first it's a conservative, then pro-choice, then trans.