Roberto de Mattei is a Catholic historian who has taught in several Italian universities. Between 2003 and 2011, he served as vice president of the National Research Council, the highest Italian scientific institution. He is president of the Lepanto Foundation and is the editor of the magazine Radici Cristiane and the news agency Corrispondenza Romana. He is the author of thirty-five books, including The Second Vatican Council: An Unwritten Story (2011), translated into eight languages, and Love for the Papacy & Filial Resistance to the Pope in the History of the Church (2019). He has received many awards, including membership in the Order of St. Gregory the Great from the Holy See for his service to the Roman Catholic Church. He is married with five children.