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Pope Names EWTN Executive as First Woman to Lead Vatican Communications

By Joshua McElwee, Reuters
Montse Alvarado, President and COO of EWTN News a U.S.-based media bringing news to Catholics worldwide, poses for a portrait before a live broadcast near St.Peter’s square at the Vatican, in Rome, May 1, 2025. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Jun 3, 2026
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Pope Leo XIV named an executive with U.S. Catholic media conglomerate EWTN as the new head of the Vatican’s communications department on Tuesday, in the first appointment of a woman to the senior Church role.

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Montse Alvarado, President and COO of EWTN News a U.S.-based media bringing news to Catholics worldwide, poses for a portrait before a live broadcast near St.Peter’s square at the Vatican, in Rome, May 1, 2025. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane