Andrea Tornielli

Andrea Tornielli (born Chioggia, 19 March 1964) is an Italian journalist and religious writer. He is married and has three children. He has been the editorial director of the Dicastery for Communication since December 2018.
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. He also has a monthly program at Radio Maria.
He has a large quantity of books published, mostly on religious matters, which have been translated to several languages, including several biographies and on subjects like Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust, the historical Jesus and Padre Pio.
On 18 December 2018, he was appointed editorial director of the Dicastery for Communication by Pope Francis.
Books.
This is the complete list of his books published in Italian: