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

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and the

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. 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

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Center which distributes segments for television), the Holy See Press Office,

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, Photograph Service,

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, , and the

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. The Pontifical Council for Social Communications has been subsumed into this new Dicastery.

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. ...

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 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, former

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of ''

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'' 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 *Cardinal

Leonardo Sandri Leonardo Sandri (born 18 November 1943) is an Argentine prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a cardinal since November 2007 and vice dean of the College of Cardinals since January 2020. He was prefect of the Congregation for the Eastern Chu ...

*Cardinal Beniamino Stella *Archbishop Diarmuid Martin *Archbishop Gintaras Grušas *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 *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,

appointed Bishop Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo as member of the Vatican Dicastery for Communication.

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Members

See also

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