Claudio Maria Celli

Claudio Maria Celli
Archbishop Claudio Celli
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Claudio Celli
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Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Monsignor
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Claudio Maria Celli (born 20 July 1941), Titular Archbishop of Cluentum, is an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications.

Biography

Archbishop Celli was born in Rimini, and ordained to the priesthood on 19 March 1965. He graduated from the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1966. In 1990, he became Undersecretary of the Relations with States (deputy foreign minister) section of the Vatican Secretariat of State.

On 16 December 1995, Celli was appointed Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See and Titular Archbishop of Cluentum. He received his episcopal consecration on 6 January 1996 from Pope John Paul II, with Archbishops Giovanni Battista Re and Jorge María Mejía serving as co-consecrators.

Pope Benedict XVI later named him as President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications on 27 June 2007. Celli succeeded the long-time incumbent and future cardinal, John Patrick Foley.

He once stated in January 2008 that Catholic media "should not become...instruments of a religious or cultural fundamentalism".[1] He continued: "Our media is directed not just to Catholics, but to all men...they don't exist only for–or are directed only to–people who already belong to the Church, rather they should also give careful attention to what exists in the soul of man, in his heart, where sometimes there can be distance from God, or many times, a deep nostalgia for God."

In January 2009, he announced an agreement with Google to build a joint venture giving Benedict XVI his own YouTube channel.[2]

On 5 January 2011 he was appointed among the first members of the newly created Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation.[3]

References

  1. ^ Zenit. Catholic Media Also Need "Info-Ethics" January 31, 2008
  2. ^ ZENIT
  3. ^ DI MEMBRI DEL PONTIFICIO CONSIGLIO PER LA PROMOZIONE DELLA NUOVA EVANGELIZZAZIONE
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Jean-Louis Tauran		 Undersecretary for Relations with States
1990—16 December 1995		 Succeeded by
Celestino Migliore
Preceded by
Giovanni Lajolo		 Secretary of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
1995—2007		 Succeeded by
Domenico Calcagno
Preceded by
John Patrick Foley		 President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
2007—present		 Succeeded by
incumbent
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