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Dicastery for Communication

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The Dicastery for Communication ({{langx|la|Dicasterium pro Communicatione}}, {{langx|it|Dicastero per la Comunicazione}}) is a department (dicastery) of the Roman Curia with authority over all communication offices of the Holy See and the Vatican City State. Its various offices can be accessed through its website. These are the Pope's website and other offices such as Vatican News on the internet (including the former Vatican Media Center that distributes segments for television), the Holy See Press Office, L'Osservatore Romano newspaper, the Photograph Service, Vatican Radio, {{Interlanguage link multi|Vatican Press|it|3=Tipografia poliglotta vaticana}}, and the Vatican Publishing House. The Pontifical Council for Social Communications has been subsumed into this new dicastery.

History

Pope Francis established the Secretariat for Communication in June 2015,{{cite web|author=Francis, Pope|date=27 June 2015|title=For the establishment of the Secretariat for Communication| publisher=Holy See Press Office | url=https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/motu_proprio/documents/papa-francesco-motu-proprio_20150627_segreteria-comunicazione.html| access-date=16 May 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707002310/http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/motu_proprio/documents/papa-francesco-motu-proprio_20150627_segreteria-comunicazione.html| archive-date=7 July 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=McElwee|first=Joshua|date=27 June 2015|title=Francis creates Secretariat to elevate, consolidate Vatican communications|publisher=La Stampa|series=Vatican Insider|agency=National Catholic Reporter|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2015/06/27/vaticaninsider/eng/the-vatican/francis-creates-secretariat-to-elevate-consolidate-vatican-communications-5eNu2nNNFQmD3WLAvyLJcJ/pagina.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160516192106/http://www.lastampa.it/2015/06/27/vaticaninsider/eng/the-vatican/francis-creates-secretariat-to-elevate-consolidate-vatican-communications-5eNu2nNNFQmD3WLAvyLJcJ/pagina.html|archive-date=16 May 2016|access-date=29 June 2015}} with Monsignor Dario Edoardo Viganò, former director of the Vatican Television Center, as its first prefect.{{cite news|url=http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-francis-promulgates-motu-proprio-instituting|title=Pope Francis promulgates Motu Proprio instituting the 'Secretariat for Communication'{{thinsp}}|date=27 June 2015|access-date=29 June 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628002647/http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-francis-promulgates-motu-proprio-instituting|archive-date=28 June 2015|publisher=Pontifical Council for Social Communications|agency=Vatican Radio|website=news.va}} Viganò resigned on 21 March 2018, "a week after his mishandling of a letter from retired Pope Benedict XVI provoked a global outcry".{{cite news | access-date = 21 March 2018 | date= 21 March 2018 | url = https://www.ncronline.org/news/vatican/francis-accepts-resignation-vatican-s-communications-czar-after-benedict-letter-scandal | work = National Catholic Reporter | title= Francis accepts resignation of Vatican's communications czar after Benedict letter scandal | first = Joshua J. | last=McElwee}}

On 23 June 2018, the secretariat was renamed as the Dicastery for Communication,{{cite news | access-date = 23 June 2018 | url = https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2018-06/pope-renames-vatican-dicastery-communication.html | work = Vatican News | date= 23 June 2018 | title = Pope renames Vatican communications office}} and on 5 July 2018, Pope Francis appointed award-winning lay journalist Paolo Ruffini as prefect. He was the first layman named to head a Vatican dicastery.{{cite news| url=http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/pope-francis-appoints-award-winning-lay-journalist-as-head-of-vatican-commu | work=National Catholic Register| access-date=11 July 2018| date= 5 July 2018 | title= Pope Appoints Award-Winning Lay Journalist as Head of Vatican Communications | first=Edward | last=Pentin}} Ruffini also chairs the Commission for Information of the Sixteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops.Holy See, [https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2024/10/10/241010c.html Notice of Briefing, 10.10.2024], accessed on 11 Ocytober 2024 Monsignor Lucio Adrian Ruiz, former head of the Vatican Internet Service, is secretary of the Dicastery and Paul Nusiner, former General Manager of Avvenire, is director general.{{cite press release|publisher=Holy See Press Office|date=27 June 2015|title=Nomine nella Segreteria per la Comunicazione |language=it|url=http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2015/06/27/0515/01129.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629173200/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2015/06/27/0515/01129.html|archive-date=29 June 2015}}

Members

On 13 July 2016, Pope Francis appointed the following as members of the Secretariat for Communication:{{cite press release|date=13 July 2016|title=Nomina di membri della Segreteria per la Comunicazione|language=it|publisher=Holy See Press Office |url=http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2016/07/13/0517/01179.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713144041/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2016/07/13/0517/01179.html|archive-date=13 July 2016}}

On 12 April 2017, Pope Francis expanded the Secretariat for Communication and appointed 13 new consultants:{{Cite web|url=https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2017/04/12/father-james-martin-appointed-pope-francis-vatican-department-communications|title=Father James Martin appointed by Pope Francis to Vatican department for communications|date=2017-04-12|website=America Magazine|language=en|access-date=2019-11-19}}

  • Jacquineau Azétsop, S.J.
  • Fernando Giménez Barriocanal
  • Ann Carter
  • Dino Cataldo Dell'Accio
  • Graham Ellis
  • Peter Gonsalves
  • José María La Porte
  • Ivan Maffeis
  • James Martin, S.J.
  • Paolo Peverini
  • Eric Salobir, O.P.
  • Michael Paul Unland
  • Michael Warsaw

On 18 December 2018, Pope Francis appointed Andrea Tornielli as Editorial Director,{{cite web |last1=Holy see press office |title=Rinunce e nomine |url=http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2018/12/18/0949/02060.html |website=press.vatican.va |access-date=18 December 2018 |language=it |date=18 December 2018}} and on 3 December 2021, he appointed Bishop Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo as a member of the Dicastery.{{Cite web|date=2021-12-03|title=Pope appoints Bishop Badejo to Vatican Dicastery|url=https://www.naijatimes.ng/pope-appoints-bishop-badejo-to-vatican-dicastery/|access-date=2021-12-03|website=Naija Times|language=en-US}}

See also

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References

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External links

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  • {{official website|https://www.comunicazione.va/en.html}}
  • [https://www.vatican.va/news_services/index.htm Index of Vatican news services]

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