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Fr Federico Lombardi to stay Vatican spokesman, but retires as head of radio station - Catholic Herald
![Pope Francis (C) waves next to newly-retired Father Federico Lombardi (R) during a press conference on a plane after the Pope's visit to Krakow, Poland for the World Youth Days, on July Pope Francis (C) waves next to newly-retired Father Federico Lombardi (R) during a press conference on a plane after the Pope's visit to Krakow, Poland for the World Youth Days, on July](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2E6MMNE/pope-francis-c-waves-next-to-newly-retired-father-federico-lombardi-r-during-a-press-conference-on-a-plane-after-the-popes-visit-to-krakow-poland-for-the-world-youth-days-on-july-31-2016-reutersfilippo-montefortepool-2E6MMNE.jpg)
Pope Francis (C) waves next to newly-retired Father Federico Lombardi (R) during a press conference on a plane after the Pope's visit to Krakow, Poland for the World Youth Days, on July
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Father Federico Lombardi, the head of the Vatican press office, during press conference about the … – gloria.tv
![Vatican's spokesman Father Federico Lombardi attends a news conference in the Holy See press office at the Vatican March 12, 2009. Pope Benedict on Thursday said he felt deep pain over the " Vatican's spokesman Father Federico Lombardi attends a news conference in the Holy See press office at the Vatican March 12, 2009. Pope Benedict on Thursday said he felt deep pain over the "](https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/2d28x0n/vaticans-spokesman-father-federico-lombardi-attends-a-news-conference-in-the-holy-see-press-office-at-the-vatican-march-12-2009-pope-benedict-on-thursday-said-he-felt-deep-pain-over-the-hostility-and-hate-some-catholics-directed-at-him-after-he-allowed-four-traditionalist-bishops-including-a-holocaust-denier-back-into-the-church-in-a-letter-addressed-to-the-worlds-bishops-he-admits-the-vatican-mishandled-and-badly-communicated-the-affair-and-that-some-problems-could-have-been-foreseen-if-the-vatican-had-made-more-use-of-the-internet-to-check-peoples-backgrounds-reuters-alessia-pi-2d28x0n.jpg)