Caterina was born 18 March 1943 in
Rotello, graduating in political science at the
University of Urbino. He made his political debut in the youth movement of the
Christian Democrats, being elected to the municipal council in Rotello in
1970 and also holding the position of deputy mayor. An exponent of the "progressive" fringe of Catholics, he approached the
Italian Communist Party as an independent, joining the
Democratic Party of the Left. From 1993 to 1995, he was councillor for social policies in
Isernia in the council chaired by
Marcello Veneziale; at the time of the latter's election to the office of president of
Molise, Caterina took over as mayor until the end of his mandate in 1998. From
2001 to
2006, he was a
regional councilor of Molise as a member of the
Margherita. Caterina died on 28 June 2025, at the age of 82. == References ==