Mario Agnes

{{Short description|Italian journalist (1931–2018)}}

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| birth_place = Serino, Italy

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2018|05|09|1931|12|06}}

| death_place = Vatican City

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Mario Agnes (6 December 1931, Serino – 9 May 2018, Vatican City) was an Italian journalist. In 1984 he was appointed editor-in-chief of L'Osservatore Romano by Pope John Paul II. He held the position until his retirement in 2007, at which point he was honored by Pope Benedict XVI.{{cite web |url=https://w2.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/letters/2007/documents/hf_ben-xvi_let_20070820_mario-agnes.html|title=Letter of His Holiness Benedict XVI to Professor Mario Agnes|date=20 August 2007|website= |publisher=Libreria Editrice Vaticana|access-date=21 May 2019}}