Battista Mario Salvatore Ricca
Battista Mario Salvatore Ricca , also Don Battista , (born January 22, 1956 in Offlaga , Province of Brescia ) is an Italian diplomat from the Holy See .
Ricca works in the diplomatic service of the State Secretariat of the Vatican. He is also director of the houses Domus Sanctae Marthae , Domus Internationalis Paulus VI and Domus Romana Sacerdotalis as well as the Casa San Benedetto .
Pope Francis appointed him on June 15, 2013 with immediate effect and ad interim as prelate for the Istituto per le Opere di Religione (IOR) . As secretary of the Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone's Commission, Ricca is the liaison with the IOR's board of directors. He succeeds Piero Pioppo , who was a prelate for the IOR from 2006 to 2011.
On July 19, 2013, the weekly newspaper L'Espresso published a cover with the headline La Lobby Gay, a report by the journalist Sandro Magister in which Battista Ricca was alleged to have had several same-sex affairs. The US blogger Rocco Palmo commented on this with the words: The natives' "Save the Bank" campaign just got uglier. ( The locals' "Save the Bank" campaign just got uglier ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b New prelate for Vatican Bank IOR , Vatican Radio , June 15, 2013
- ^ The Prelate of the Gay Lobby , English version of the article, accessed July 19, 2013
- ↑ Tweet from July 18, 2013, 12:34 PM
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ricca, Battista Mario Salvatore |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Battista, Don |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian diplomat of the Holy See |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Offlaga , Province of Brescia |