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Video. Head of Vatican's communications office resigns

 The head of the Vatican communications department has resigned, the Vatican said on Wednesday.

 The head of the Vatican communications department has resigned, the Vatican said on Wednesday.

A brief Vatican statement said Pope Francis had "accepted" Monsignor Dario Vigano's resignation, but a Vatican source said the prelate had been told to offer it, meaning he was fired.

Vigano had come under sharp criticism for blurring part of a photograph of a letter by former Pope Benedict.

It's a public relations fiasco for the Vatican, particularly because earlier this year, the pope wrote a document on the dangers of "fake news".