Explained: Pope introduces new communications chief who shows a more informal approach

Pope Leo XIV introduced María Montserrat Alvarado as the Vatican's new communications chief

Dicastery for Communications

The Vatican office that oversees the Holy See's press office, television, radio, online, publishing, photographic and newspaper operations

prefect

The head official in charge of a Vatican dicastery

EWTN

A Washington, D.C.-based Catholic media organization operating television, radio, online and publishing outlets in multiple languages

Becket Fund for Religious Liberty

A U.S. organization that wages church-state legal battles to protect religious freedom

L'Osservatore Romano

The Vatican's daily newspaper, which still publishes a print afternoon edition