The German multinational
financial services company Allianz Group, present in over 70 countries
and with over 78 million clients worldwide, has awarded the Director of
the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., as their
Communicator of the Year.
The prize was awarded this
morning during a meeting of the company's communications directors who
meet once a year in a European capital to analyse themes and strategies
tied to the world of communications with the assistance of experts in
the field.
Among the reasons for this
year's award, Allianz notes that Fr. Lombardi “represents the key to
understanding and interpreting the Holy See with great refinement and
experience, without seeking to make himself the protagonist.”
The text
of the award adds that the Press Office Director has always been “at the
service of information, from both the side of the one who has it as
well as that of the one who seeks it.”