Andrea Tornielli

Andrea Tornielli (born 19 March 1964) is an Italian Catholic journalist and religious writer who serves as the editorial manager for the Vatican's Dicastery for Communication.

Biography

A graduate in History of the Greek language, at the University of Padua, in December 1987, Tornielli became a Roman Catholic journalist and writer. He collaborated at the Catholic newspaper Il Sabato and at the monthly 30Giorni, from 1992 to 1996. He was a journalist at the conservative daily Il Giornale, from 1996 to 2011. He started collaborating at La Stampa, in March 2011, as a Vaticanist, and he is the coordinator of their website Vatican Insider, published in three languages and entirely dedicated to information related to the Vatican and the Catholic Church.[1] He also has a monthly program at Radio Maria.

Tornielli has published many books, mostly on religious matters, which have been translated into several languages, including several biographies and on subjects like Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust, the historical Jesus and Padre Pio.[2]

On 18 December 2018, Pope Francis appointed Tornielli manager of the editorial department of the Dicastery for Communication.[3]

He is married and has three children.

Books

This is the complete list of his books published in Italian:

References

  1. ^ "Vatican Insider". Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  2. ^ Intervista a Tornielli della agenzia Zenit sul suo libro Padre Pio l’ultimo sospetto
  3. ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 18.12.2018" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.