EWTN president named head of Vatican communications

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The episode discusses Montserrat Alvarado's appointment as head of Vatican communications and the challenges faced by the dicastery.

This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell discuss EWTN News President and COO Montserrat “Montse” Alvarado as prefect of the Vatican’s dicastery for communications. They unpack some of the challenges currently facing the dicastery and analyze the appointment in light of the Vatican’s previously strained relationship with EWTN. In the second half of the show, Gerry gives a preview of Pope Leo’s trip to Spain next week. 0:00 Intro 0:48 The dicastery for communications’ challenges 3:32 Montse Alvarado’s appointment and experience 6:38 First lay woman to head a Vatican dicastery 11:08 Significance of an American as head of communications 13:49 Alvarado steered EWTN away from conflict with Francis 17:19 Pope Leo’s vision for communications 21:38 Pope Leo to address Spanish parliament in Madrid 24:29 Pope Leo’s visit to the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona 26:20 Pope Leo to highlight migration in Canary Islands 28:04 Other possible events for pope’s Spain trip 31:34 Outro and credits Links: Pope Leo appoints president of EWTN News as head of Vatican communications Pope Francis responds to attacks from EWTN, other church critics: ‘They are the work of the devil.’…

People in this episode

Hosts: Colleen Dulle, Gerard O’Connell

Topics covered

• Vatican communications
• EWTN
• Pope Leo's trip
• Montse Alvarado's appointment
• challenges in communications
• migration advocacy
• Catholic landscape

Keywords

• Vatican communications
• Montserrat Alvarado
• EWTN
• Pope Leo
• Spain trip
• migration
• Catholic Church

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: EWTN, Vatican

Places: Spain, Canary Islands, Madrid, Barcelona

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