Vatican: Burke stands down as Vatican spokesman

(ANSA) - Vatican City, December 31 - 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.