Antonio Spadaro S.J.

Bio

Antonio Spadaro S.J. is the Undersecretary for the Vatican's Dicastery for Culture and Education. In 1998 he joined the community of the Jesuits’ biweekly review La Civiltà Cattolica, of which he has been editor-in-chief since 2011, He received a Doctorate in Sacred Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University and is an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi at the Pantheon. Father Spadaro has published about 30 volumes on theology in dialogue with contemporary culture. He is the author of the first interview with Pope Francis which had international circulation (2013). He follows Francis in his apostolic trips as a member of the Papal entourage.