Pope Leo XIV appoints Maria Montserrat Alvarado to lead Vatican communications

Pope Leo has named Maria Montserrat Alvarado, President and COO of EWTN News, as Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication. She becomes the first laywoman to lead a Vatican Dicastery, and will begin her new role in November.

Does the very fact that he's an American make it easier for Pope Leo to tackle Trump on the global stage? The answer appears to be "yes." www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

Pope Leo and other Christian thinkers have captured the gravity of the #AIrevolution in a way many secular thinkers have not www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

Either majorities or pluralities of all groups in the cross-tabs have a favorable opinion of Pope Leo XIV except Trump voters and MAGA supporters. Trump's movement is an anti-Catholic movement. d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...

Pope Leo XIV praised Venerable Fulton Sheen on June 1 as "a light of faith, hope, and love" whose radio and television broadcasts brought the Gospel to millions of Americans — including the pope himself as a child.

“It necessary to begin a shared discernment process for identifying the spiritual and cultural roots of ongoing transformations. If we focus only on contingencies, we risk letting the succession of emergencies dictate the direction of our path.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

#Pope Leo XIV Appoints First Laywoman Prefect of Communication Montse Alvarado catholicnewsworld.com/2026/06/pope...

Pope Leo picks EWTN News president Maria Montserrat Alvarado to lead Vatican communications flip.it/8gyYW3

"Pope Leo XIV Appoints First Lay Woman to Lead Vatican Communications. Maria Montserrat Alvarado will oversee numerous communications systems, including Vatican News, Vatican Radio, Vatican Media, and the Holy See Press Office." via @provokemedia.com www.provokemedia.com/latest/artic...

Can’t wait to see what pope leo has to say about this lmao.

Pope names Mexican-American broadcasting executive to lead Vatican communications https://abc7.com/post/pope-names-mexican-american-broadcasting-executive-maria-montserrat-alvarado-lead-vatican-communications/19219011/

Maria Montserrat Alvarado replaces Paolo Ruffini as prefect of the Dicastery of Communications, the office that controls the Vatican’s television, radio, online, publishing and newspaper operations. It enjoys one of the biggest budgets of any Vatican department.

Nothing against Pope Leo XIV himself, but not particularly excited about his visit to Catalonia if he will only speak in Spanish, with no effort at all to speak in Catalan, as sources say. Antoni Gaudí, the Sagrada Família architect, was a Catalanist himself, so let's hope for hope from the Pope.

As World Cup approaches, Pope Leo’s June prayer intention is for sport to foster peace and encounter

In honor of Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical, thought this was apropos given AI’s growing influence in the world Blessings to all observing this Memorial Day. #PopeLeoXIV #Encyclical #AI #HumanDignityFirst