AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoVatican & International Politics: Pope Leo XIV has left for a week-long visit to Spain (June 6–12), his first to an EU country outside Italy, with a packed agenda spanning Madrid, Barcelona (including Montserrat Monastery), and the Canary Islands—where he will meet migrants after crossing the Atlantic. In his arrival remarks, he urged the world to set aside divisive, polarizing narratives and called for peace, while the Vatican says he will also meet victims of clerical abuse during the trip. Church Governance: The Vatican also confirmed a major communications shake-up: Maria Montserrat “Montse” Alvarado, president and COO of EWTN News, was appointed prefect of the Dicastery for Communication, effective Nov. 1—historic as the first laywoman (not a religious sister) to lead a dicastery. Regional Policy & Resilience: Separate from the Vatican coverage, Montserrat-focused reporting highlights hurricane-season readiness with an emphasis on food security—local cultivation and fisheries support meant to reduce disruption from storms and shipping shocks. Regional Finance: A Caribbean banking analysis argues high “cost of money” in the ECCU is slowing growth, while pointing to credit unions as a potential source of cheaper lending.
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