Dr Greg Burke and Ms Garcia Ovejero with the Pontifex Maximus Pope Franciscus I. Photography by the Press office of the Holy See.
By Baron Henri Estramant.
Holy See, Vatican City State: Former Senior Communications Adviser of the Section for General Affairs at the Secretariat of State of the Vatican City State, Dr. Greg Burke, steps in as the new Director of the Holy See Press Office. The latter handles the official news of the Bishop of Rome’s activities and the Roman Curia at large in the written press, radio or television.
Dr. Burke is a US citizen, born in Saint Louis (Missouri) with ample journalistic experience having worked for the United Press, Reuters, Metropolitan, Fox News Channel, Time Magazine as well as the National Catholic Register.
Deputy Director shall be for the very first time a woman, the Spanish journalist, Paloma García Ovejero.
The Holy See is represented in the Benelux countries with three missions. Namely one to The Netherlands headed by the Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Aldo Cavalli, one to Belgium (traditional dean of the corps diplomatic by concordat vis-à-vis the Holy See) and Luxembourg with a chargé d’affaires, Rüdiger Feulner as well as one mission to the EU led by Mgr Alain Lebeaupin.
For more information:
Press Office of the Holy See: http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/index.htm
