Dicastery for Communication


The Dicastery for Communication is a division 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 . These are the Pope's and other offices such as , the Holy See Press Office, L'Osservatore Romano, , Vatican Radio,, and the Vatican Publishing House. The Pontifical Council for Social Communications has been subsumed into this new Dicastery.
Pope Francis established the Secretariat for Communication in June 2015, with Monsignor Dario Edoardo Viganò, 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 General Manager of Avvenire is director general.

Members

On 13 July 2016 Pope Francis appointed the following as members of the dicastery:
On 12 April 2017, Pope Francis expanded the Secretariat of Communication and appointed 13 new consultants:

On 18 December 2018, Pope Francis appointed Andrea Tornielli as Editorial Director.