Massimo Faggioli

Massimo Faggioli, PhD is a leading authority on the history and administrative inner workings of the Catholic Church with specific expertise in the papacy, Vatican II, the Roman Curia, liturgical reform, new Catholic movements and on Catholicism and global politics. Frequently featured in the national and international media, Faggioli can comment on a diversity of theological, religious and Church-related issues ranging from the historical to the contemporary.

Education

• PhD Università degli Studi di Torino (1997 — 2002)
• MA Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna (1989 — 1994)

Companies

• Contributing Editor Commonweal Magazine (2016)
• Full Professor Villanova University (2016)
• Blogger Commonweal Magazine (2015)
• Columnist La Croix International (2014)
• Freelance Columnist HUFFINGTONPOST ITALIA S.R.L. (2012)
• Adjunct Professor Broken Bay Institute (2017 — 2018)
• Associate Professor University of St. Thomas (2009 — 2016)
• Founding Director University of St. Thomas (2015 — 2015)
• Columnist Europa quotidiano (2009 — 2014)

Areas of Expertise

• Pope Francis
• American Catholicism
• Church History
• Religion
• Catholicism and World/European Politics
• Historical Theology and Ecclesiology
• History of Christianity