Matteo Bruni is the new director of the Vatican Press Office

Vatican City (AICA): The Vatican announced on Thursday that Pope Francis had appointed Matteo Bruni as director of the Holy See's press office, which will take office on July 22, 2019. He replaces Alessandro Gisotti, who is acting director. in the last seven months.

The Vatican announced on Thursday that Pope Francis had appointed Matteo Bruni as director of the Holy See's press office, which will take office on July 22, 2019. He replaces Alessandro Gisotti, who is acting director. in the last seven months of taking office after the resignation of the American Greg Burke and the Spanish Paloma Garca Ovejero late 2018.

Likewise, the pope has appointed Sergio Centofanti and Alessandro Gisotti as deputy directors of the editorial board of the dicastery for communication, as of 22 July.

Matteo Bruni, 43, is married and has a daughter. His father is Italian and his mother is Australian. He is fluent in English and has a degree in foreign languages ​​with a specialization in Russian and Serbo-Croat.

The new director of the press office of the Holy See, member of the Community of Sant Egidio, has carried out various types of volunteering, especially with children from the school of peace and people from Roma origin living in Italy.

He has been working since July 2009 at the Holy See's press office, where he followed the accreditation of journalists and the management of operational communications with the press as coordinator of the Accreditation section.

In December 2013, I badumed the responsibility of organizing and accompanying the press admitted to papal flights on the occasion of the Holy Father's travels out of Italy. In early 2016, he became the coordinator of the Press Operations and Accreditation section of the Holy See's Press Office, coordinating the press's participation in the various acts of the Jubilee of Mercy.

With his appointment, the organization chart of the Vatican Press Office is complete, and includes: the director of the office, Thaddeus M. Jones, who works in Vatican communication from the Pontifical Council for Social Communications (PCCS); The two badistants of the director, Sister Pauline Bernadette Reis, and the journalist Ral Cabrera Prez, both former editors of Radio Vaticana and Romilda Ferrauto as an experienced consultant.

On the other hand, the editorial direction of the dicastery for communication will be directed by the Italian journalist Andrea Tornielli. In this way he will coordinate the journalistic content of the Vatican media.

Gisotti: I thank the Pope for supporting me as a father

After the announcement of the appointment of the new director of the Press Office of the Holy See, Alessandro Gisotti, he thanked the Holy Father for the privilege that he granted me to be his spokesman in this intense period of pontificate and now offer me the opportunity to continue serving him as deputy editorial director of the Vatican media.

Gisotti also thanked Francisco for always supporting me as a father.

The interim director also thanked the prefect Paolo Ruffini and his colleagues from the press service, stressing that the relations with their journalists colleagues were particularly positive. A treatment characterized by mutual respect, despite moments of unavoidable confrontation.

To the new director, Matteo Bruni, I sent not only my best wishes for success, but also my willingness to collaborate. +