Eugenio Scalfari, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Eugenio Scalfari

Italian journalist

Date of Birth: 06-Apr-1924

Place of Birth: Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy

Profession: writer, politician, journalist

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Eugenio Scalfari (Italian: [eu'd???njo 'skalfari]; born 6 April 1924 in Civitavecchia) is an Italian journalist, editor of the news magazine L'espresso (1963–1968), former member of parliament in the Italian Chamber of Deputies (1968–1972), co-founder of the newspaper La Repubblica and its editor from 1976 to 1996.
In 2018, he wrote an article related to his interview with Pope Francis stating that the pontiff made claims that hell did not exist.
He later admitted that some words attributed to the pontiff "were not shared by Pope Francis" himself.
Later in 2019, he did once again in another article related to Pope Francis, telling that the pope "rejects the godly nature of Jesus Christ", the fact was later denied by holy see citing that "as already stated on other occasions, the words that Dr.
Eugenio Scalfari attributes in quotation marks to the Holy Father during talks with him cannot be considered a faithful account of what was actually said but represent a personal and free interpretation of what he heard, as appears completely evident from what is written today regarding the divinity of Jesus Christ".