Andrea Tornielli (born 19 March 1964, in

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) is an Italian journalist and religious writer.

Biography

A graduate in History of the Greek language, at the

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, in December 1987, Tornielli became a

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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

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and the

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. He also has a monthly program at

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. 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

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, the historical

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and

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. On 18 December 2018,

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appointed Tornielli manager of the editorial department of the

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. He is married and has three children.

Books

This is the complete list of his books published in Italian: *''Quando la Madonna piange. Veggenti, guaritori, apparizioni. La prima guida al soprannaturale in Italia'', Milano, Mondadori, 1995. * ''Ultimo incarico: criminale!'', con

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, Palermo, Arbor, 1995. *''Il mistero delle lacrime. Inchiesta sulla Madonnina di Civitavecchia'', Udine, Segno, 1995. * ''Analisi di un mostro. Sedici delitti in diciassette anni senza mai lasciare tracce. Come, quando e perché uccide. Identikit del Mostro di Firenze e la chiave per risolvere il giallo'', with Francesco Bruno, Palermo, Arbor, 1996. *''Papa Luciani. Il parroco del mondo'', with Alessandro Zangrando, Udine, Segno, 1998. *''Il Giubileo e le indulgenze'', Milano, Gribaudi, 1999. *''Giovanni XXIII. Vita di un Padre Santo'', Milano, Gribaudi, 2000. *''Fatima. Il segreto svelato'', Milano, Gribaudi, 2000. * ''Il segreto di Milingo'', with Mario Celi, Casale Monferrato, Piemme, 2001. *''Pio XII. Il Papa degli ebrei'', Casale Monferrato, Piemme, 2001. * ''Dalla penna dei papi. Ritratti, caratteri e segreti dei Pontefici dell'ultimo secolo'', with Evi Crotti, Milano, Gribaudi, 2002. * ''Maria e il futuro dell'umanità'', with Livio Fanzaga, Milano, Gribaudi, 2002. *''Escrivá fondatore dell'Opus Dei'', Casale Monferrato, Piemme, 2002. *''Ratzinger. Custode della fede'', Casale Monferrato, Piemme, 2002. *''La scelta di Martini'', Casale Monferrato, Piemme, 2002. *''Papa Luciani. Il sorriso del santo'', with Alessandro Zangrando, Casale Monferrato, Piemme, 2003. *''Paolo VI. Il timoniere del Concilio'', Casale Monferrato, Piemme, 2003. *''Il Papa che salvò gli ebrei. Dagli archivi segreti del Vaticano tutta la verità su Pio XII'', with Matteo Luigi Napolitano, Casale Monferrato, Piemme, 2004. *''La passione. I vangeli e il film di Mel Gibson'', Casale Monferrato, Piemme, 2004. *''L'inganno di Satana'', with Livio Fanzaga, Milano, Gribaudi, 2004. *''Gerusalemme. Martini e Tettamanzi insieme per la pace. Il cammino del Consiglio ecumenico delle chiese di Milano'', Casale Monferrato, Piemme, 2004. *''Benedetto XVI. Il custode della fede'', Casale Monferrato, Piemme, 2005. *''Pacelli, Roncalli e i battesimi della Shoah'', with Matteo Luigi Napolitano, Casale Monferrato, Piemme, 2005. *''I miracoli di Papa Wojtyla'', Casale Monferrato, Piemme, 2005. *''Inchiesta su Gesù bambino. Misteri, leggende e verità sulla nascita che ha diviso in due la storia'', Gribaudi, 2005. *''Partigiani di Dio. Flavio e Gedeone Corrà'', with Jacopo Guerriero, Cinisello Balsamo, San Paolo, 2006. *''Attacco alla Chiesa'', with Livio Fanzaga, Milano, Gribaudi, 2006. *''Inchiesta sulla resurrezione. Misteri, leggende e verità. Dai Vangeli al Codice da Vinci'', Milano, Gribaudi, 2006. *''Papi guerre e terrorismo. Un secolo di magistero sui conflitti che sconvolgono il mondo'', with

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, Milano, Sugarco, 2006. *''Processo al Codice da Vinci. Dal romanzo al film: Gesù e la Maddalena, il priorato di Sion e i quadri di Leonardo. Inchiesta sul mistero'', Gribaudi, 2006. *''Il segreto di Padre Pio e Karol Wojtyla'', Casale Monferrato, Piemme, 2006. *''Pio XII. Eugenio Pacelli. Un uomo sul trono di Pietro'', Milano, Mondadori, 2007. *''Quando la Chiesa sorride. Biografia del cardinale José Saraiva Martins'', Roma, Rogate, 2007, 2010 (2nd edition) *''Lourdes. Inchiesta sul mistero a 150 anni dalle apparizioni'', with

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, Roma, Edizioni ART, 2008. *''Padre Pio. L'ultimo sospetto. La verità sul frate delle stimmate'', with

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, Casale Monferrato, Piemme, 2008. *''Perché credo. Una vita per rendere ragione della fede'', with Vittorio Messori, Casale Monferrato, Piemme, 2008. *''Paolo VI. L'audacia di un papa'', Milano, Mondadori, 2009. *''Santo subito. Il segreto della straordinaria vita di Giovanni Paolo II'', Milano, Piemme, 2009. *''Sindone. Inchiesta sul mistero'', Milano, Gribaudi, 2010. *''John Henry Newman. Fermate quel convertito'', with

, Milano, Gribaudi, 2010. *''Attacco a Ratzinger. Accuse e scandali, profezie e complotti contro Benedetto XVI'', with Paolo Rodari, Milano, Piemme, 2010. *''Pio IX. L'ultimo papa-re'', Milano, Mondadori, 2011. *''La fragile concordia. Stato e cattolici in centocinquant'anni di storia italiana'', Milano, BUR Rizzoli, 2011. *''Il futuro e la speranza. Vita e magistero del cardinale Angelo Scola'', Milano, Piemme, 2011. *''A.D. 2012. La donna, il drago e l'Apocalisse'', with

, Milano, Piemme, 2011. *''Carlo Maria Martini. Il profeta del dialogo'', Milano, Piemme, 2012. *''Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Francesco. Insieme. La vita, le idee, le parole del papa che cambierà la Chiesa'', Milano, Piemme, 2013. * ''Padre Pio e la lotta con il demonio'', Milano, Fabbri, 2013. * ''I fioretti di papa Francesco'', Milano, Piemme, 2013. * ''L'ultimo miracolo. Perché Giovanni Paolo II è santo'', Milano, Piemme, 2014. * ''Paolo VI. Il santo della modernità'', with Domenico Agasso Jr., Cinisello Balsamo, San Paolo, 2014. * ''Paolo VI. Il papa di Francesco. La difesa della fede del papa beatificato da Bergoglio'', Milano, Piemme, 2014. * ''Papa Francesco. Questa economia uccide'', with Giacomo Galeazzi, Milano, Piemme, 2015. * ''Il nome di Dio è Misericordia'', (A Conversation of Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) with Andrea Tornielli), Milano, Piemme, 2016.

References

External links

Andrea Tornielli Blog (Italian)
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