Francis X. Rocca

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Francis X. Rocca , complete: Francis Xavier Rocca , (* 1963 in Washington, DC ) is an American journalist .

Life

Francis X. Rocca is the son of the entrepreneur Marcel X. "Jack" Rocca (1929-2004) and Maria-Luisa Villar Borda; he has two brothers, Lawrence and Maurice (Mo Rocca).

He studied history at Harvard University (Bachelor) and humanities at St. John's College in Annapolis (Master) and Renaissance Studies at Yale University ( Ph.D. ).

Rocca was the editor-in-chief of The American Spectator . He has lived in Rome , Italy since 1999 and works for numerous newspapers and magazines such as The Wall Street Journal , The Times , Forbes , BusinessWeek , The Atlantic Monthly and others.

He mainly publishes on topics of European politics, education, art and culture. He is mainly concerned with issues related to the Holy See. In 2005 he wrote the book "The Next Superpower?" With Rockwell A. Schnabel. released. In 2015 he was the director of the documentary “Voices of Vatican II: Participants Recall the Council”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marcel X. "Jack" Rocca on leominsterhigh.com , accessed on March 21, 2016 (en.)
  2. ↑ Francis X. Rocca website at ventureliterary.com , accessed on March 21, 2016 (en.)
  3. ↑ a b c website Francis X. Rocca ( memento of the original from March 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at The Wall Street Journal , accessed March 21, 2016 (en.) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / topics.wsj.com
personal data
SURNAME Rocca, Francis X.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rocca, Francis Xavier
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC , USA