Who is Msgr. Armando Matteo, the Secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith?

He signed the document "Fiducia supplicans" as Secretary for the Doctrinal Section of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. Today he is the right-hand man of Prefect Víctor Manuel Fernández in this new phase desired by Pope Francis in breaking with the past (Letter from the Holy Father to the new Prefect). 

Professor of theology, prolific writer and popularizer, he wrote several texts as "The escape of forty-year-old women", "The Francis Option", "Long live to theology", "The Gentle God" and "Converting Peter Pan", now translated in spanish by PPC editorial. 

His recent book “Pastoral 4.0. Eclipse of the adult and transmission of the faith to the new generations” (Ancora; 118 pages; 13 euros), released in 2020, was sent by the president of the CEI, Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, to all the Italian bishops as a useful tool for a "Evangelizing revolution of parish communities - is highlighted in the volume - fueling the courage necessary to go beyond the current 'pastoral madness' of those who believe they can obtain new results by always doing the same things".

Armando Matteo was born in Catanzaro on 21 September 1970. He was ordained a priest on 20 December 1997 for the archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace.

After studying philosophy at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, he was ordained a priest on 20 December 1997. He subsequently obtained a doctorate in theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

From 2005 to 2011 he was appointed national ecclesiastical assistant of the Italian Catholic University Federation. He is extraordinary professor of fundamental theology at the Pontifical Urbaniana University, director of the Urbaniana University Journal since 2019 and author of numerous publications in the theological field.

On 12 April 2021 Pope Francis appointed him assistant undersecretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, while on 23 April 2022 he was promoted to secretary for the doctrinal section of the same dicastery