Pope Francis made two groundbreaking appointments to the Vatican press office on Monday.
His choice as deputy director of the press office was typical Francis. Paloma García Ovejero, a Spanish ex-journalist, is the first woman to hold the position.
The Pope has wisely chosen someone who shares his mother tongue to communicate his message to the millions of Spanish-speaking Catholics who make up such a large segment of the Church.
But some spectators will be scratching their heads at Francis’s choice for chief Vatican spokesman, following Fr Federico Lombardi’s departure from the role in a few weeks’ time. As the Daily Mail reported: “A former Fox News reporter and member of a controversial Catholic order has been named Pope Francis’s official spokesman. Greg Burke, a member of the conservative Catholic group Opus Dei, previously worked for the TV network and Time magazine as a Rome-based correspondent.”
