Andrea
Riccardi

Andrea Riccardi, an Italian historian and essayist, founder of the Community of Sant’Egidio, has taught as a full professor of Contemporary History at the University of Bari, at Sapienza University of Rome, and at Roma Tre University. He is a columnist for "Corriere della Sera", "Avvenire", and other newspapers.

A leading voice in social, political, and religious debate in Italy and abroad, he received the Charlemagne Prize in 2009 for his contribution to the promotion of a united Europe.

From 16 November 2011 to 27 April 2013, Andrea Riccardi served as Minister for International Cooperation and Integration in Mario Monti’s technical government.

Since 22 March 2015, he has been President of the Dante Alighieri Society.

Roma “città sacra”? Dalla Conciliazione all'operazione Sturzo, Vita e Pensiero, Milano 1979

The Vatican and Moscow (1940 - 1990), Laterza, Roma-Bari 1992

The power of the Pope. From Pius XII to John Paul II, Laterza, Roma-Bari 1993

Intransigence and modernity. The Catholic Church towards the third millennium, Laterza, Roma-Bari 1996

Mediterranean. Christianity and Islam between cohabitation and conflict, A.Guerini e Associati, Milano 1997

The century of martyrdom. Christians in the twentieth century, Mondadori, Milano 2000

Living together, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2006

Il "partito romano" nel secondo dopoguerra (1945 1954), Morcelliana, Brescia 2007

The longest winter. 1943-44: Pius XII, the Jews and the Nazis in Rome, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2008

John Paul II. A Biography, San Paolo, Cinisello Balsamo 2011

Pope Francis' surprise. Crisis and future of the Church, Mondadori, Milano 2013

The slaughter of Christians. Mardin, the Armenians and the end of a world, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2015

Manifesto to the world. Paul VI at the UN, Jaca Book, Milano 2015

Peripheries. Crisis and change for the Church, Jaca Book, Milano 2016

The unarmed force of peace. Movement, Thought, Culture, Jaca Book, Milano 2017

The professor and the patriarch. Spiritual humanism between nationalism and globalisation, Jaca Book, Milano 2018

Paul VI. Challenges of History and the Governance of the Church, Jaca Book, Milano 2018

Charismatic Italy, Morcelliana, Brescia 2021

La Chiesa brucia, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2021

*La scelta per la pace. Meditazioni tra Bibbia e storia", Morcelliana, Brescia 2022

La guerra del silenzio. Pio XII, il nazismo, gli ebrei, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2022

Accogliere (in dialogo con Lucio Caracciolo), Piemme, Milano 2023

*Il grido della pace", San Paolo, Cinisello Balsamo, 2023