Born in
Rome, Franco is a journalist for
Corriere della Sera. He previously worked as a columnist for
Avvenire,
Il Giorno, and
Panorama. He is a member of the
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London. He writes regularly for
Limes, the French magazine
Études, and bimonthly in the
Los Angeles Times. Until 2011, he was a
Vatican commentator at
The Guardian. ==Personal life==