'Avvenire' interim editor
confirmed as Boffo's successor
Translated from
Nov. 24, 2009
Marco Tarquinio, who has been interim editor of
Avvenire for 84 days, has been appointed the new editor of the daily newspaper of the Italian bishops' conference (CEI).
This was announced today by the newspaper's administrative council under the presidency of the Bishop of Albano, Mons. Marcello Semeraro.
Born in 1958 in Umbria, Tarquinio studied in the universities of Assisi and Perugia and has been a professional journalist since 1988, starting with
La Voce, the Umbrian Catholic weekly. He is married, with two children.
He subsequently joined the secular press, working for various pbulications, and rising to become political editor and editorial writer for
Il Tempo. In 1994, he was asked by Dino Boffo to join
Avvenire, where he edited Roman news and became deputy editor in 2007.
When Boffo resigned last summer after a major media 'scandal', Tarquinio was named interim editor on September 3.
In announcing Tarquinio's permanent appointment, Mons. Semeraro released this statement:
Entrusting the editorship to Marco Tarquinio, the publishers, after deep reflection, wished to show appreciation, in the first place, for the great professional experience that the newspaper has aqcuired in recent years, becoming a primary reference for the Catholic world in Italy and an authoritative voice for the society and culture of our nation.
Marco Tarquinio has confirmed with intelligence and passion the editorial line of Avvenire as a daily newspaper which offers original reporting of the news before interpreting the facts, inspired by the primacy of truth and unaffected by the homologizing motivations that often distort information in our country.
Thus, at a distance of 40 years, it has confirmed the intuition of Paul VI who proposed and was a tenacious supporter of a national daily newspaper that is, in principle, "by Catholics but not only for Catholics".
In my name and that of the administrative council of Avvenire, I extend to Marco aTarquinio our best wishes for his new resposiblity. We are certain that with his professional experience, the refinement of his analyses, and his direct and incisive style, he will contribute to a new momentum for Avvenire.
