Joaquin Navarro-Valls was the Director of the Vatican's press office for more than 20 years, stepping down in 2006.

His role as gave him perhaps the highest visibility of any one person in the Vatican during the long reign of Pope John Paul II, with the exception of the Pope himself. He also worked closely with Pope Benedict for two years and spoke to euronews about his experiences.
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