Greg Burke has stood
down as Vatican spokesman and head of its press office, the
Vatican said Monday.
It said Pope Francis had accepted the resignations of Burke
and his deputy director, Paloma García Ovejero.
The pope has named Alessandro Gisotti as interim head of the
Vatican press office, it said.
Gisotti was hitherto social media coordinator for the the
Dicastery for Communication.
Burke, 58,had been press office head and Vatican spokesman
since August 2016.
Burke had been senior communications adviser with the
Vatican's Secretariat of State and formerly a correspondent for
the Fox News Channel, and for Time Magazine, based in Rome.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA