The Dicastery for Communication ( it, Dicastero per la Comunicazione) is a division (
dicastery
A dicastery (from gr, δικαστήριον, dikastērion, law-court, from δικαστής, 'judge, juror') is the name of some departments of the Roman Curia.
''Pastor bonus''
''Pastor bonus'' (1988), includes this definition:
''Praed ...
) of the
Roman Curia with authority over all communication offices of the
Holy See
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and the
Vatican City State
Vatican City (), officially the Vatican City State ( it, Stato della Città del Vaticano; la, Status Civitatis Vaticanae),—'
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* pt, Cidade do Vati ...
. Its various offices can be accessed through its website. These are the Pope's website and other offices such as
Vatican News
''Vatican News'' is a Catholic news website provided by the Vatican's Dicastery for Communication that partners with Vatican Radio, ''L'Osservatore Romano'', and Vatican Media to provide multimedia pertaining to the global Catholic Church and the ...
on internet (including the former
Vatican Media
Vatican Media, formerly Centro Televisivo Vaticano, is the Holy See's national broadcaster based in Vatican City which first aired in 1983.
History of the channel
Created in 1983 by Pope John Paul II, Vatican Media is, since November 1996, an in ...
Center which distributes segments for television), the
Holy See Press Office,
L'Osservatore Romano
''L'Osservatore Romano'' (, 'The Roman Observer') is the daily newspaper of Vatican City State which reports on the activities of the Holy See and events taking place in the Catholic Church and the world. It is owned by the Holy See but is not ...
, Photograph Service,
Vatican Radio
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Established in 1931 by Guglielmo Marconi, today its programs are offered in 47 languages, and are sent out on short wave, ...
, , and the
Vatican Publishing House
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. The
Pontifical Council for Social Communications has been subsumed into this new Dicastery.
Pope Francis
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established the Secretariat for Communication in June 2015,
with Monsignor
Dario Edoardo Viganò
Dario Edoardo Viganò (born 27 June 1962) is an Italian Catholic priest, writer and university teacher. He was named Director of Vatican Television Center in 2013. He served as the first Prefect of the newly established Secretariat for Communica ...
, former director of the Vatican Television Center, as its first prefect.
Viganò resigned on 21 March 2018, "a week after his mishandling of a letter from retired Pope Benedict XVI provoked a global outcry".
On 23 June 2018, the secretariat was renamed ''Dicastery for Communication'', and on 5 July 2018, Pope Francis appointed award-winning lay journalist
Paolo Ruffini
Paolo Ruffini (Valentano, 22 September 1765 – Modena, 10 May 1822) was an Italian mathematician and philosopher.
Education and Career
By 1788 he had earned university degrees in philosophy, medicine/surgery and mathematics. His works inclu ...
as prefect. He was the first layman named to head a Vatican dicastery. Monsignor
Lucio Adrian Ruiz, former head of the Vatican Internet Service, is secretary.
Paul Nusiner
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People
Christianity
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, former
General Manager
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of ''
Avvenire
''Avvenire'' (English: "Future") is an Italian daily newspaper which is affiliated with the Catholic Church and is based in Milan.
History and profile
''Avvenire'' was founded in 1968 in Milan through the merger of two Catholic newspapers: '' L ...
'' is director general.
Members
On 13 July 2016 Pope Francis appointed the following as members of the dicastery:
*Patriarch Moran Mor
Béchara Boutros Raï
Bechara Boutros al-Rahi (or Raï; syr, ܡܪܢ ܡܪܝ ܒܫܐܪܐ ܦܛܪܘܣ ܐܠܪܐܥܝ; ar, بشارة بطرس الراعي, Mor Bishārah Buṭrus al-Rāʿī; la, Béchara Petrus Raï) (born on 25 February 1940) is the 77th Maronite Patr ...
*Cardinal
John Njue
*Cardinal
Chibly Langlois
*Cardinal
Charles Maung Bo
Charles Maung Bo ( my, ချားလ်မောင်ဘို, ; born 29 October 1948) is a Burmese Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Yangon since 7 June 2003. He was created a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2015.
Early life an ...
*Cardinal
Leonardo Sandri
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*Cardinal
Beniamino Stella
Beniamino Stella (born 18 August 1941) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy from 2013 to 2021; he has been a cardinal since 2014. He began working in the diplomatic service of the Hol ...
*Archbishop
Diarmuid Martin
*Archbishop
Gintaras Grušas
Gintaras Grušas (born 23 September 1961) is a Lithuanian–American prelate of the Catholic Church. A bishop since 2010, he has been the archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania, since April 2013.
Biography
Grušas was born in Washington, D.C., on 23 ...
*Bishop
Marcello Semeraro
Marcello Semeraro (born 22 December 1947) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints since October 2020. He was previously Bishop of Albano and secretary to the group of ca ...
*Bishop
Stanislas Lalanne
*Bishop
Pierre Nguyễn Văn Khảm
Peter Nguyễn Văn Khảm (October 2, 1952) is a Vietnamese prelate of the Catholic Church. He serves as fourth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mỹ Tho since July 30, 2014 and the Secretary General of the Catholic Bishops' Conferenc ...
*Bishop Ginés Ramón García Beltrán
*Bishop Nuno Brás da Silva Martins
*Alessandro Elia
*Kim Daniels
*Markus Schächter
*Leticia Soberón Mainero
On 12 April 2017, Pope Francis expanded the Secretariat of Communication and appointed 13 new consultants:
*Jacquineau Azétsop, S.J.
*Fernando Giménez Barriocanal
*Ann Carter
*Dino Cataldo Dell'Accio
*Graham Ellis
*Peter Gonsalves
*José María La Porte
*
Ivan Maffeis
Ivan Maffeis (born 18 November 1963) is an Italian journalist and priest of the Catholic Church who has been named archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Perugia. After becoming a priest, he spent twenty years work ...
*
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.
On Friday December 3rd 2021,
Pope Francis
Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013. ...
appointed Bishop
Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo as member of the Vatican Dicastery for Communication.
See also
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Index of Vatican City-related articles
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