Antonio Socci

Antonio Socci (born 18 January 1959 in Siena) is an Italian media personality, journalist and book writer. He is best known for coverage of Catholic Church topics, including general history and subjects such the Secrets of Fatima and the works of Pope John Paul II.

Life

From a working class family, Socci joined the Communion and Liberation lay ecclesial movement in 1977. He studied at the University of Siena under literary critic Franco Fortini, earning a Bachelor Degree degree in Modern Literature. He worked for the weekly paper Il Sabato before returning to university. Following his return to journalism in 1987, he courted controversy after writing a piece on the modernist crisis in the Catholic world entitled Thirteen Years of our History. He was denounced together with Roberto Fontolan to the ecclesiastical court of the diocese of Milan associated with the social democratic Rosa Bianca, due to their critical comments on Giuseppe Lazzati.

For a few months Socci was the editor of 30 Giorni, before returning to Il Sabato and after that closed in 1993, he moved to Il Giornale. He has also collaborated with other Italian media outlets, including Il Foglio, Libero and Panorama. In 2002 Socci joined RAI as the assistant manager of Rai Due. Between 2002 and 2004 he was the writer and presenter of a program called Excalibur. Since 2004, after his programme was cancelled, he has been appointed president, on behalf of RAI, at the advanced School of radiotelevision (RAI) journalism of Perugia. In 2004 he left his-long standing membership in Communion and Liberation.

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