Education
He studied at the University of Siena under literary critic Franco Fortini, earning a bachelor"s degree in Modern Literature.
He studied at the University of Siena under literary critic Franco Fortini, earning a bachelor"s degree in Modern Literature.
Born into a working-class family, Socci joined the Communion and Liberation lay ecclesial movement in 1977. He worked for the weekly paper Il Sabato before becoming director of the office of Culture for the Province of Siena. In 1987 he returned to journalism.
Foreign a few months Socci was the editor of 30 Giorni, before returning to the well known Il Sabato and after that closed in 1993, he moved to Il Giornale.
He has also collaborated with other Italian media outlets, including Il Foglio, Libero and Panorama. In 2002 Socci joined Radiotelevisione Italiana as the assistant manager of Rai Due.
Between 2002 and 2004 he was the writer and presenter of a program called Excalibur. Since 2004 he has been hired as director, on behalf of Radiotelevisione Italiana, at the advanced School of radiotelevision (Radiotelevisione Italiana) journalism of Perugia.
Meanwhile, he has become a best selling Catholic author in Europe.