Montse Alvarado将于11月1日出任梵蒂冈传播部首长：首位执掌圣座部会的平信徒女性
EWTN News 总裁兼首席运营官 Maria Montserrat「Montse」Alvarado 将于11月1日正式出任梵蒂冈传播部（Dicastery for Communication）部长（Prefect），成为首位执掌圣座部会的平信徒女性。据《National Catholic Register》10月23日报道，Alvarado 在即将离任前接受了 EWTN 节目《EWTN News In Depth》主持人 Colm Flynn 的最后一次专访，回顾自己的历程与对新职位的准备。她今年6月获教宗良十四世任命，将接替 Paolo Ruffini，出任这一统筹圣座全部传播机构的职位。
Alvarado 出生于墨西哥 Mexico City，幼年随家人移居美国，先后就读于 Florida International University 与 George Washington University。加入 EWTN 前，她在维护宗教自由的 Becket Fund for Religious Liberty 工作了14年，并一路升至领导层。2021年，她作为创始主持人加入 EWTN，主持全球天主教电视网的每周新闻杂志节目《EWTN News In Depth》；2023年升任 EWTN News 总裁兼首席运营官，统领该机构横跨电视、广播、平面、数字与社交媒体的多语种全球新闻业务。
出任传播部部长后，Alvarado 将统管圣座的全部媒体与传播机构，包括 Vatican News、Vatican Media、Vatican Radio、《罗马观察报》（L'Osservatore Romano）、圣座新闻室、梵蒂冈出版社、梵蒂冈网络服务、梵蒂冈印刷厂与摄影服务。她形容这份职责「无比庞大」，并表示传播部的使命是「向世界传播基督」，自己的工作是服务教宗与教会，而不是把个人愿景强加于人。
谈到接受任命的过程，Alvarado 坦言并非立刻答应：「（答应之前）我祷告的时间，比我愿意承认的要多。」她提到，搬到另一个国家、学习一门新语言、放下现有的一切，都是需要克服的重大决定。她同时表示，自己获选可能正因为当下正值数字传播与传统传播交汇的时刻，教宗「显然在寻找一位新一代的专业人士」。她把新职位形容为自己蒙召要做的事，并说在 EWTN 的岁月以及 EWTN 与圣座在多项大型活动上的合作，帮助她为这一职责做好了准备。
Montse Alvarado to Lead Vatican Communications From November 1, a First for a Laywoman at a Holy See Dicastery
Maria Montserrat "Montse" Alvarado, president and chief operating officer of EWTN News, will take office on November 1 as prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for Communication, becoming the first laywoman to head a dicastery of the Holy See. According to the National Catholic Register's October 23 report, Alvarado reflected on her path and on the role ahead in a final interview as EWTN News chief, speaking with Colm Flynn on EWTN News In Depth. Appointed by Pope Leo XIV in June, she succeeds Paolo Ruffini at the head of the department that oversees all of the Holy See's communications.
Born in Mexico City, Alvarado came to the United States as a young girl and studied at Florida International University and The George Washington University. Before joining EWTN, she spent 14 years at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, where she rose to a leadership position working on religious freedom and human dignity. She came to EWTN in 2021 as the founding host of its weekly news magazine show EWTN News In Depth, and in 2023 was promoted to president and chief operating officer of EWTN News, leading its global, multilingual news operations across television, radio, print, digital, and social media.
As prefect, Alvarado will oversee all of the Holy See's media and communication outlets, including Vatican News, Vatican Media, Vatican Radio, L'Osservatore Romano, the Holy See Press Office, the Vatican publishing house, the Vatican internet service, the Vatican printing press, and the Vatican's photography service. She called the responsibility "enormous," and said the dicastery's mandate is communicating Christ to the world, adding that her job is to serve the pope and the Church rather than impose a vision of her own.
Asked about accepting the appointment, Alvarado admitted it "took a little more prayer than I would care to admit," noting that moving to a new country, learning a new language, and leaving everything behind were big pieces to overcome. She said she believes she was chosen because digital and traditional communications are coming together, and the Holy Father "was looking for a next-generation professional." She described the role as what she is called to do, and credited EWTN and the network's collaborations with the Holy See on major events with preparing her for the post.
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图片来源：教宗良十四世与 Montse Alvarado 在梵蒂冈（2025年5月12日）。照片：Vatican Media，梵蒂冈官方发布。 / Pope Leo XIV with Montse Alvarado at the Vatican on May 12, 2025. Photo: Vatican Media, official Holy See release.
