Francisco has appointed his new spokesperson | Chronic

Pope Francisco designated this Thursday in English Matteo Bruni as the new spokesperson, the fourth since his inauguration in 2013, and who will replace the current director of the Vatican press room, Alessandro Gisotti

Bruni, 42, was responsible for logistics in the press space of Pope Francis' trip, the Vatican said in a statement.

Bruni, close to the Catholic community of San Egidio, will become the fourth spokesman of Francisco since his election, after the Jesuit Federico Lombardi (2013-2016), the American of Opus Dei Greg Burke (2016-2018) and Gisotti.

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Gisotti, who had been acting spokesman since December 31, 2018, chose not to stay in office to devote more time to his family and will be appointed deputy editorial director of the Vatican Department of Communication.

With Gisotti, he was also named Italian Sergio Centofanti as Deputy Editorial Director.

L & # 39; Argentina Lucio Ruiz remains as secretary of the dicastery and Argentina Silvina Perez continues as head of the weekly weekly edition of L & # 39; Osservatore Romano.

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In 2015, Francisco created by decree the Vatican Communications Department, to which he united under a single structure the nine entities hitherto in charge of the information of the Holy See, among which the house of publishing, radio, the press office and the management of social networks.