Marco Mancini

Marco Mancini

Journalist based in Rome. He worked for 'Area' Press Agency, dealing with internal politics, economics but above all with the Vatican. Accredited at the Press Office of the Holy See, professional journalist since 2008, he followed the conclaves of 2005 and 2013. Currently works for ACI Stampa, EWTN News agency in Italian. He is the author, together with his colleague Andrea Gagliarducci, of "La Quaresima della Chiesa", and "Benedetto XVI, a total Pope".

Articles by Marco Mancini

Cardinals Re and Sandri confirmed as dean and vice dean of College of Cardinals

Feb 7, 2025 / 07:00 am

Pope Francis has extended the approval he had granted for the election of Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re as dean of the College of Cardinals.

New study reveals decades of abuse cases in northern Italian diocese

Jan 21, 2025 / 12:45 pm

The 635-page report examined cases from 1964 to 2023 in the northern Italian region of Alto Adige-Südtirol and identified 41 clergy members as alleged perpetrators.

Pope attends episcopal ordination of Rome’s new auxiliary bishop

Jan 4, 2025 / 16:33 pm

Cardinal Baldassare Reina emphasized three fundamental aspects of episcopal ministry while emphasizing that episcopacy is service, not honor.

What does it mean that almost half of the new cardinals will be from religious orders?

Dec 6, 2024 / 16:15 pm

Out of the 21 cardinals who will be created on Dec. 7 in the 10th consistory of Pope Francis, 10 new cardinals are members of religious congregations.

New cardinals emphasize Church unity, evangelization ahead of consistory

Dec 6, 2024 / 15:45 pm

“I am with my heart, and I would say with my whole body, for a synodal vision,” Archbishop Ignace Bessi Dogbo of Abidjan said.

Naples’ new cardinal sees red hat as call to ‘embrace the cross of the weakest’

Dec 5, 2024 / 17:35 pm

Archbishop Domenico Battaglia of Naples, Italy, said he sees the appointment not as a personal honor but as a call to live out the Church’s mission even more fully.

Mafia in Italy suspected of poisoning priest’s chalice

Feb 27, 2024 / 15:00 pm

During evening Mass on Feb. 24, Father Felice Palamara noticed a strange smell coming from the chalice.

What did being a cardinal mean to Joseph Ratzinger?

Jan 3, 2023 / 08:00 am

The future Pope Benedict XVI wore the red cassock for almost 28 years.

Who are the new cardinals created by Pope Francis in 2022?

Aug 24, 2022 / 10:28 am

There will be 16 cardinals under the age of 80 elevated at the next consistory, to be held Aug. 27.