Vatican’s Prefect for
Communication resigns
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Monsignor Dario
Edoardo Viganò, Prefect of the Vatican’s Secretariat for Communication.
Pope Francis on Wednesday accepted the
resignation of Mons. Dario E. Viganò, the man he had chosen to
spearhead the Vatican media reform.
In a letter published by the Holy See Press Office, the Pope
said that after having reflected carefully on Monsignor’s Viganò’s request to
step down from his position as Prefect of the Secretariat for
Communication, he accepts his resignation “not without some effort”.
In the letter the Pope nominates Viganò "Assessor"
for the Dicastery of Communication asking him to stay on within the Secretariat
so as to be able to continue to give his “human and professional contribution”
to the new Prefect and to the media reform.
In his letter addressed to Pope Francis, and dated 19 March,
Viganò refers to recent controversy concerning his work and thanks the Pope for
the “paternal and solid” support manifested throughout his mandate.
However, he explains he has decided to step down out of
respect for the people who have worked alongside him during these years, and to
avoid that the “Motu Proproi,” on the Vatican media reform, can in any way be
“delayed, damaged or even blocked”.
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