NYU Alum Makes Vatican Press Office History
Journalist Paloma Garcia Ovejero is Holy See Press Office's first female vice-director.
Father Federico Lombardi is retiring from the Vatican press office, after 10 years. That left the Basilica door open for a new person to take the reins and today, at a press conference, Pope Francis formally welcomed Lombardi’s successor.
He is Greg Burke, a Columbia University Class of 1983 alum and veteran journalist. Another reporter is also stepping in to take Burke’s place. From today’s report by Junno Arocho Esteves of Catholic News Service:
Burke, a native of St. Louis and the current vice-director, succeeds the Italian Jesuit, while Spanish journalist Paloma Garcia Ovejero will step in to Burke’s current role, making her the first female to hold that position.
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