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news The Hindu 2026-06-02

Pope Appoints First Lay Woman, Maria Montserrat Alvarado, to Lead Vatican Department

Pope Francis has appointed Maria Montserrat Alvarado, current president of EWTN News, as the first lay woman to head a Vatican department. She will assume her role on November 1.

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