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Alvarado becomes Vatican communications chief

María Montserrat Alvarado, a 39-year-old U.S. media executive who moved from Mexico City to Miami as a child, became the Vatican’s communications chief as of Sunday. She is the first laywoman to head a Vatican ministry, according to CBS World.

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