In historic appointment, Pope Leo names EWTN president Montse Alvarado to lead Vatican communications office

(RNS) — Alvarado will be the youngest person to lead a Vatican dicastery in recent memory and the first woman who is not a religious sister to be a Vatican prefect, a task historically reserved for cardinals.

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