Salt Lake Tribune · Dec 31, 2018
Vatican spokesman and his deputy resign suddenly
(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, Pool) Pope Francis, flanked by Vatican spokesman Greg Burke, listens to a journalist's question during a press conference aboard of the flight to Rome at the end of his two-day visit to Ireland, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018.Vatican City • Vatican spokesman Greg Burke and his deputy resigned suddenly Monday amid an overhaul of the Vatican’s communications operations that coincides with a troubled period in Pope Francis’ papacy.
In a tweet, Burke said he and his deputy, Paloma Garcia Ovejero, had resigned effective Jan. 1. Francis accepted the resignation Monday, the Vatican said in a statement.