Mauro Cozzoli (born 3 April 1946 in Bisceglie, Apulia, Italy) is an Italian Roman Catholic priest, theologian and writer, chaplain of His Holiness from 17 March 1986.
He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie by Pope Paul VI on 17 May 1970 in St. Peter's Square.
He served in Rome as assistant parish, in the parish of the Sacred Hearts also completing his studies with a doctorate in moral theology at the Pontifical Alphonsian Academy, Institute of Moral Theology at the Pontifical Lateran University, with a thesis entitled: L'uomo in cammino verso... L'attesa e la speranza in Gabriel Marcel, fondamento di una concezione etica dell'esistenza umana (into English: The man on the way to ...
Lends its collaboration with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (consulting for the editio typical of the Catechism of the Catholic Church), the Pontifical Academy for Life (task force to study the "Identity and status of the human embryo" and for the study of the "culture of life: assumptions and dimensions" and work-group for the study of "brain death"), the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (preparation of the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church).
Since 5 July 1999, with the appointment of the president, Cardinal Giacomo Biffi, he is a member of the Scientific Council of the Institute for Research and Education "Veritatis Splendor," in the Foundation Card.