Saint Joseph Catholic Church

Pope Leo XIV’s message for the upcoming World Day of Prayer for Creation (background) will highlight the relation between war and environmental degradation, according to an announcement from the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.

From 2009 to 2023, Alvarado worked for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, where she served as vice president and executive director. She is a graduate of Florida International University and George Washington University.

Alvarado will succeed Paolo Ruffini, the layman who has led the dicastery since 2018, on November 1.

Praedicate Evangelium, the 2022 apostolic constitution on the Roman Curia, states that the dicastery “oversees the entire communications network of the Apostolic See and, with structural unity and respecting the relative operational characteristics, unifies the Holy See’s activities in the area of communication” (Art. 183).