Pope appoints new media consulters

Fr James Martin SJ

Source: VIS

Pope Francis on Wednesday appointed 13 consulters for the Vatican's new Secretariat for Communications. Among them are Fr James Martin, SJ, editor of the Jesuit America America and Mr Graham Ellis, deputy director of BBC Radio.

The others are:

- Rev Fr Ivan Maffeis, under-secretary for the Italian Episcopal Conference;
- Fr José María La Porte, dean of the Faculty of Institutional Social Communication of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross;
- Dr Peter Gonsalves, SDB, dean of the Faculty of Social Communication Sciences of the Pontifical Salesian University;
- Fr Eric Salobir, OP, Promoter General for social communications for the Order of Preachers;
- Fr Jacquineau Azétsop, SJ, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Pontifical Gregorian University;
- Dr Paolo Peverini, lecturer in Semiotics at the LUISS 'Guido Carli';
- Dr Fernando Giménez Barriocanal, president and delegator advisor of Radio Popolar Cadena COPE;
- Dr Ann Carter, Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications;
- Dr Michael P Warsaw, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of EWTN Global Catholic Network;
- Dr Dino Cataldo Dell'Accio, Chief ICT Auditor at the United Nations;
- Dr Michael Paul Unland, executive director of the Catholic Media Council (CAMECO).