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Pope Shakes Up Vatican Communications Operations

by Associated Press

   VATICAN CITY --

   Pope Francis is shaking up the Vatican's communications operations,
   replacing the longtime editor of the Holy See newspaper and naming a
   prominent Italian journalist to coordinate the editorial line of all
   Vatican media.

   The Vatican said Tuesday Andrea Tornielli, the longtime Vatican
   reporter for Turin daily La Stampa, would become editorial director for
   the Dicastery of Communications, responsible for coordinating the
   Vatican's editorial operations.

   In addition, the Vatican named an Italian writer and professor, Andrea
   Monda, to become editor of L'Osservatore Romano newspaper. He replaces
   Giovanni Maria Vian, a church historian and journalist who has headed
   the daily since 2007.

   The Vatican's media operations have been undergoing a problematic
   reform process aimed at reducing redundancies and improving
   coordination. Among its victims was Vatican Radio and its vast
   multilingual broadcasts.