18 Facts About Rino Fisichella

Salvatore "Rino" Fisichella was born on 25 August 1951 and is an Italian Catholic prelate with the rank of archbishop.

Rino Fisichella is the current pro-prefect for the New Evangelization section of the Dicastery for Evangelization.

Rino Fisichella received a degree in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University and was ordained a priest for the diocese of Rome on 13 March 1976 by Ugo Poletti, Papal Vicar of Rome.

Rino Fisichella was appointed a Chaplain of His Holiness in 1994.

Rino Fisichella has served as a chaplain to the Italian parliament.

Rino Fisichella is a specialist in the theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar, on whom he did extensive research in 1980.

Rino Fisichella was appointed an Auxiliary Bishop of Rome with the titular see of Vicohabentia on 3 July 1998 and was consecrated a bishop by Cardinal Camillo Ruini on 12 September 1998.

Rino Fisichella was president of the diocesan commission on ecumenism and interfaith relations.

Rino Fisichella worked in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and in the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.

Rino Fisichella was said to have collaborated in the publication of Fides et Ratio in 1998.

Rino Fisichella was named rector of the Lateran University on 18 January 2002.

On 30 June 2010, Rino Fisichella was appointed as the first president of the planned Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation.

Rino Fisichella was replaced as president of the Pontifical Academy for Life by Monsignor Ignacio Carrasco de Paula, who had served as chancellor of the academy.

Shortly after his appointment, Archbishop Rino Fisichella called for an investigation into who covered up for the Legion of Christ's disgraced founder, Marciel Maciel.

Rino Fisichella's task is to reawaken the faith in traditionally Christian parts of the world, particularly Europe and North America.

Rino Fisichella's first, declared project was a celebration in 2012 of the 20th anniversary of the publication of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

In February 2011, following public controversies with respect to Bishop Richard Williamson's denial of the Holocaust and the Regensburg lecture's impact on Christian-Muslim relations, Rino Fisichella dismissed as premature the idea of assessing the papacy of Pope Benedict XVI.

Rino Fisichella praised Benedict XVI's decision to retire, but said he hoped another title could be found.