Andreas Englisch

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Andreas Englisch (born 6 June 1963 in Werl) is a German journalist who specializes in reporting on the Vatican.

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Biography

Englisch graduated from Marien-Gymnasium Werl in 1983. [1] He then studied literature and journalism in Hamburg. [2]

He moved to Rome in 1987, only planning to stay there for six months, to learn Italian. He headed the Roman correspondent office of the Axel Springer publishing house for ten years. Until the end of March 2010, he was the permanent Italian and Vatican correspondent exclusively for Bild and Bild am Sonntag. [2] He was then recalled by Bild editor-in-chief Kai Diekmann and assigned to another position in the publishing house. A few weeks earlier, Englisch had spoken out on the subject of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in the Hart aber fair program.[ citation needed ]

Since 1995, he has sometimes accompanied popes on their travels by plane. In 2004, he wrote a biography about his experiences during his travels with Pope John Paul II. [2]

During his travels with John Paul II, he changed from being an original critic of the Pope to a Pope admirer, which he traced in his biography of the Pope John Paul II: The Secret of Karol Wojtyła (2004). In the following years, his books God's Footsteps (2006) and The Miracle Pope (2011) were published, in which he characterized John Paul II as a "miracle pope" but also exposed the Pole's belief in miracles as a mistake based on deceptions from those around him.[ citation needed ]

Englisch later received public attention through his prediction, based on earlier statements by Ratzinger, that Pope Benedict XVI would resign from office, which proved to be correct in February 2013. [3]

Englisch presented the story behind the Giuseppe Gulotta case to the public. [4]

Personal life

Englisch is married and has a son. [2]

Books

References

  1. Müller, Peter (March 14, 2017). "Andreas Englisch plaudert aus dem Nähkästchen des Papstes". www.wp.de.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Andreas Englisch: Ein richtig guter Kumpel von Jesus". Nachrichten der Ortenau - Offenburger Tageblatt.
  3. Der bizarre Wettlauf der Papst-Auguren at the Wayback Machine (archived 2014-01-12), Meedia-Magazin, abgerufen am 12. Februar 2013.
  4. "Der Fall Gulotta bei Markus Lanz im ZDF: Die Tradition der Folter im demokratischen Italien". Süd-Tiroler Freiheit. March 19, 2013.

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