Jesús Colina (born 1969 in

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) is a Spanish journalist who worked in Rome. He led the

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, and currently directs the

Aleteia ''Aleteia'' is an online Catholic news and information website founded in 2011/2012 by Jesús Colina via the Foundation for Evangelization through the Media. It has the approval of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications and the Pontifi ...

newspaper. In 1991 he was the editor of ''Proyección Mundial'', then

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and ''Le Temps de l'Eglise'' in France. From 1994, he has been correspondent in Rome for ''Alfa y Omega'', weekly supplement of

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Spanish newspaper. He wrote also for o

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and

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. In 1997 founded

, a catholic news agency. In 1998 worked at the Digital Network of the Church in Latin America, RIIAL. In 2011 he was dismissed from Zenit by the

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to give the media a more institutional identity. In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him consultor to the

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. He started working on a new project and in 2011 he founded

, an online

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news and information website with the support of the Foundation for Evangelization through the Media. Is the current President and editorial director of Aleteia. He has received the awards "Bravo!" in 2018 by the Spanish Bishops. Also received the ''Servitor Pacis Award'' in 2006 at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York for his professional contributions.Servitor Pacis Award
The Path to peace foundation, 2006

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