Rocco Palmo

Rocco Palmo (born 1983) is a Roman Catholic commentator and writer living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Rocco Palmo
Born1983 (age 3738)
NationalityUnited States
EducationB.A. University of Pennsylvania
OccupationRoman Catholic journalist and blogger

Education

Palmo was raised in a large Italian family[1] in South Philadelphia.[2] He is a great-nephew of the onetime papal Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Gasparri. He has a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania.[3] He still lives in South Philadelphia.[4]

Career

Palmo's blog "Whispers in the Loggia" is focused primarily on Catholic ecclesiastical happenings in North America. [5] Palmo verifies all his reports with three sources before publishing.[6] Palmo was previously US correspondent for the London-based Catholic weekly The Tablet,[7] and he is a former columnist for the online magazine Busted Halo.[8]

National Public Radio profiled Palmo, stating that his blog: "...has become a must-read for many Catholics — even some inside the Vatican."[9] Archbishop Robert James Carlson of St. Louis is quoted as saying he reads "Whispers in the Loggia" with some regularity.[10] Palmo is frequently cited by major publications including USA Today, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the New York Times.[11][12][13][14][15] He was interviewed by National Public Radio on February 27, 2013, about the papal conclave to name a successor to retiring Pope Benedict XVI.

In April 2011 he was named as one of two chairs of the Vatican’s first conference on the blogosphere/social media.[16] In March 2012 Archbishop Charles Chaput, OFM Cap named Palmo a member of a new Archdiocesan Pastoral Council, the first body of its kind to be established in Philadelphia.[5]

References

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