VATICAN CITY
Associated Press
December 31, 2018
By Nicole Winfield
The Vatican spokesman, Greg Burke, and his deputy resigned suddenly Monday amid an overhaul of the Vatican’s communications operations that coincides with a troubled period in Pope Francis’ papacy.
In a tweet, Burke said he and his deputy, Paloma Garcia Ovejero, had resigned effective Jan. 1. Francis accepted the resignation Monday, the Vatican said in a statement.
“At this time of transition in Vatican communications, we think it’s best the Holy Father is completely free to assemble a new team,” Burke wrote.
He and Garcia both thanked the pope. “A stage is ending. Thank you for these two and a half years,” Garcia tweeted.
Francis named a longtime member of the Vatican’s communications operations, Alessandro Gisotti, as an interim replacement.
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