Domenico Sorrentino

Domenico Sorrentino (16 May 1948 –) is an Italian Catholic prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as the current bishop of the Diocese of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino.

• People come from all over the world to visit the famous excavations of Pompei, people of different faiths, people of no faith. And this is an opportunity for interreligious dialogue and missionary work. Precisely for this reason the Basilica's facade is a monument to universal peace and it is here that the Holy Father will pray for the salvation of the world.
  • “With the Pope We Will Pray for Peace in the World” Says Archbishop Sorrentino Delegate for the Marian Shine of Pompei (6 October 2003) Fides News Agency

• When we speak of stripping, we speak of our God. It is a biblical perspective, spelled out in the letter to the Philippians which says God stripped himself. When we speak of this, we speak of the core of our faith which St. Francis wanted to express and imitate.
  • Interview: Assisi archbishop on the pope’s new encyclical and devotion to St. Francis (October 1, 2020)