Raimondo Manzini

Biography:

Raimondo Manzini was a veteran Catholic journalist and former Christian Democratic member of Italy's Parliament who was director of L'Osservatore Romano from 1960 to 1978. He had previously worked as an editor of the Italian Roman Catholic daily Avvenire and served three terms as a member of the Chamber of Deputies. He was appointed as director of L'Osservatore by Pope John XXIII. Under his leadership the paper made a few changes in style.