Members of the Dicastery for Communication
 

The Most Eminent Cardinals:

• Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo), President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar;
• Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D., Archbishop of Tokyo (Japan);
• Chibly Langlois, Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti);
• Cristóbal López Romero, S.D.B., Archbishop of Rabat (Morocco);
• Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão, Archbishop of Goa and Daman (India), President of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences;
• Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints;
• Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for the First Evangelization and the New Particular Churches;
• José Tolentino de Mendonça, Prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education

The Most Excellent Monsignors:

• Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo, Bishop of Oyo;
• Valdir José de Castro, S.S.P., Bishop of Campo Limpo, Brazil;
• Lizardo Estrada Herrera, O.S.A., Auxiliary Bishop and Vicar General of Cuzco (Peru), Secretary General of the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Council;
• Salvatore Fisichella, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for the Fundamental Questions of Evangelization in the World;
• Borys Gudziak, Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church;
• Ryan Jimenez P., Archbishop of Agaña (Guam);
• Ivan Maffeis, Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve (Italy);
• Marcelino Antonio M. Maralit, Bishop of San Pablo (Philippines), President of the Office of Social Communications of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences;

The Reverend Father:

• Roberto Pasolini, O.F.M. Cap., Preacher of the Papal Household

The Reverend Sister:

• Nathalie Becquart, X.M.C.J., Undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops.

The Illustrious Doctors:

• Helen Osman, President of SIGNIS;
• Leticia Soberón Mainero, Psychologist and communication expert, former Consultor to the Pontifical Council for Social Communications (Mexico and Spain)

Superiors of the Dicastery for Communication

• Prefect, Dr. Paolo Ruffini

The Holy Father has appointed Dr. Maria Montserrat Alvarado, President and Chief Operating Officer of EWTN News, as Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication. Dr. Montserrat Alvarado will take office on 1 November.

[Holy See Press Office Bulletin, 2 June 2026]

• Secretary, Msgr. Lucio Adrian Ruiz

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- Director, General Affairs Department, Paolo Nusiner 
   - Vice Director of the Directorate of General Affairs, Francesco Valle
- Director, Editorial Department, Andrea Tornielli
   - Vice Director, Editorial Department, Sergio Centofanti
   - Vice Director, Editorial Department, Alessandro Gisotti
   - Vice Director of the Editorial Directorate and head of Vatican Radio – Vatican News, Massimiliano Menichetti
- Director of L'Osservatore Romano, Andrea Monda
- Director, Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni
   - Vice Director, Holy See Press Office, Rev. Sister Nina Benedikta Krapić, M.V.Z.
- Director, Technological Department, Francesco Masci
- Director, Theological-Pastoral Department, Nataša Govekar

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Consulters of the Dicastery for Communication

• Daniel Arasa, Dean of the Faculty of Institutional Social Communication of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
• Professor Antonio Cisternino, President of the University of Pisa's Ateno Information System (CIO)
• Mr. John E. Corcoran, Founder of Trinity Life Sciences
• Dino Cataldo Dell'Accio, Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF), New York
• Sr. Veronica Donatello, S.F.A., Head of the Italian Episcopal Conference's Service for the Pastoral Care of Persons with Disabilities (CEI)
• Dr. Óscar Elizalde Prada, Coordinator of the Department of Communication of CELAM
• Graham Ellis, deputy director of BBC Radio
• Fernando Giménez Barriocanal, President and Advisor Delegate of Radio Popolar Cadena COPE
• Mr. Tomas Insua, Ecclesial Affiliate at the Laudato Si' Research Institute of the University of Oxford and Director of the Laudato Si' Center, Assisi
• Fr. Andrew Kaufa, S.M.M., coordinator of the Office of Communications of the AMECEA Regional Conference of Bishops
• Dr Matthias Kopp, spokesman for the German Bishops' Conference
• Fr. James Martin, S.J., Jesuit Magazine America
• Sr. Adelaide Felicitas Ndilu, S.I.H.M., National Executive Secretary of the Commission for Social Communications of the Kenyan Bishops' Conference and director of Radio Waumini
• Fr. Fabio Pasqualetti, S.D.B., Dean of the Faculty of Communication Sciences at the Pontifical Salesian University
• Paolo Peverini, Lecturer in Semiotics at the LUISS “Guido Carli”
• Fr. George Plathottam, S.D.B., former Secretary of the Office of Social Communication of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC)
• Fr. Eric Salobir, O.P., Promoter General for social communications for the Order of Preachers
• Michael Paul Unland, Executive director of the Catholic Media Council (CA.ME.CO.)
• Michael P. Warsaw, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of EWTN Global Catholic Network

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Dicastery for Communication

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Operational headquarters: Piazza Pia n. 3

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