Sandro Magister
Sandro Magister (born 2 October 1943) is an Italian journalist who writes for the magazine L'espresso. Magister specializes in religious news, in particular on the Catholic Church and the Vatican. He has written two books on the political history of the Italian episcopate: "Italian Church: Vatican Politics and Italy 1943-1978" and "Extraparliamentary Church: The Triumph of the Pulpit".
Also recorded as Alessandro Magister · Madžister, Sandro
Sandro Magister
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- Name
- Sandro Magister
- Birth Name
- Alessandro Magiste
- Born
- 2 October 1943
- Birthplace
- Busto Arsizio, Italy
- Occupation
- * Journalist
- Education
- Theological Faculty of Milan and at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, theology, philosophy, and history
- Spouse
- Anna
- Nationality
- Italy
- Languages
- Italian
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Sandro Magister (born 2 October 1943) is an Italian journalist who writes for the magazine L'espresso. Magister specializes in religious news, in particular on the Catholic Church and the Vatican. He has written two books on the political history of the Italian episcopate: "Italian Church: Vatican Politics and Italy 1943-1978" and "Extraparliamentary Church: The Triumph of the Pulpit".
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He also manages the website Chiesa on the topic of modern ecclesiastical affairs. Some days before its official publication on 18 June 2015, Sandro Magister was accused of violating an embargo by publishing parts of the encyclical Laudato si, and was deprived of accreditation to the Vatican press room as a result, on 16 June 2015. Magister's response was that the document was an early draft not covered by the embargo, obtained by his editor who made the decision to publish; he had written merely an introduction. He, his wife Anna, and their two daughters live in Rome.
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• Name — Sandro Magister • Birth Name — Alessandro Magiste • Born — 2 October 1943 • Birthplace — Busto Arsizio, Italy • Occupation — * Journalist • author • Education — Theological Faculty of Milan and at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, theology, philosophy, and history • Employer — L'espresso • Spouse — Anna • Relatives — Two daughters • Website — http: magister.blogautore.espresso.repubblica.it
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Sandro Magister is recorded with the occupation journalist. Recorded as journalist, writer, blogger and theologian.
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1943
Sandro Magister was born on 2 October 1943.
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- 1.Selon la biographie présentée sur le site Chiesa de l'Espresso online
- 2.Stacy Meichtry. The pope's prognosticator. Foreign Policy. janvier-février 2006. 86-87.
- 3.n.s. Sandro Magister, observateur aguerri du Vatican. La Croix. 15/04/2009. 2023-07-17.
- 4.Settimo Cielo. 2023-7-17.
- 5.Dal Vaticano una doccia gelata sui negoziati con Pechino. Settimo Cielo.
- 6.Pope Francis. Bloomsbury. 2015. 978-1-4729-0371-6.
- 7.To Change the Church. Simon and Schuster. 2018. 978-1-5011-4694-7.
- 8.The journalist who released the pope’s embargoed encyclical has lost his Vatican credentials. Washington Post. 16/06/2015.
- 9.Henri Tincq. Le pape François face aux attaques du haut clergé ultraconservateur. Slate.fr. 2018-08-30.
- 10.Cécile Chambraud. Le pape François contraint de démettre son ministre de la communication. Le Monde.fr. 21/03/2018. 2018-08-30.
- 11.BDO. Sandro Magister, journaliste vaticaniste viré de la salle de presse du Saint-Siège. La Libre Belgique. 19. juin. 2015.
- 12.Marc Dana. Vatican : un pape François plus contesté que jamais. Franceinfo. 2017-04-18. 2018-08-30.
- 13.Ce pape qui dérange. Éditions de l'Atelier. 2017. 978-2-7082-5086-4.
- 14.Goffredo Pistelli. Il Papa disorienta molti vescovi. Le pape désoriente beaucoup d'évêques. Italia Oggi. 13. novembre. 2014.
- 15.Le pape n’est pas infaillible. En voici huit preuves. chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it.
- 16.Que d’erreurs, Très Saint Père. Et certaines sont à souligner à l’encre rouge. chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it.
- 17.À Rome oui, à Florence non. Voici comment "Amoris lætitia" divise l’Église. chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it.
- 18.Passaporto tedesco e franchi svizzeri. Chi comanda tra i Cavalieri di Malta. Settimo Cielo.
- 19.Francesco da innocente a colpevole. Cattive notizie dalla sua Argentina. Settimo Cielo.
- 20.Francesco l'imperscrutabile. Che quando frena accelera. Settimo Cielo.
- 21.Chi ha coperto le malefatte di McCarrick. I silenzi e le parole del papa. Settimo Cielo.
- 22.Francesco, il papa che fa politica in presa diretta. L’analisi di uno storico della Chiesa. Settimo Cielo.
- 23.Agnès Chareton. Encyclique sur l'écologie : imbroglio autour d'un embargo. lavie.fr]. 2015.
- 24.Grégor Brandy. Le Vatican vient de bannir l'un des plus grands spécialistes de l'Église. Slate.fr. 2015.
- 25.Giubileo:Sala Stampa restituisce accredito a Sandro Magister News La Repubblica.it. www.repubblica.it.
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