Salvatore "Rino" Fisichella (born 25 August 1951) is an Italian Catholic prelate with the rank of archbishop.

After ordination, he held a number of positions including Professor of Fundamental Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University and the Pontifical Lateran University, consultor of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, member of the Central Committee of the Great Jubilee Year 2000 and vice president of the Historical-Theological Commission of the same committee.

[9] On 24 January 2009, he urged US President Barack Obama to listen to all voices in America without "the arrogance of those who, being in power, believe they can decide of life and death.

"[11] In a case that attracted international attention in 2009, when Brazilian Archbishop Jose Cardoso Sobrinho said that an abortion performed on a nine-year-old girl pregnant with twins, reportedly fathered by her stepfather, had resulted in excommunication for the mother who arranged for the abortion and the doctors who carried it out, Fisichella defended the doctors in a statement addressed to the girl: "There are others who deserve excommunication and our forgiveness, not those who permitted you to live and who will help you to regain hope and faith."

[16] On 30 June 2010, Fisichella was appointed as the first president of the planned Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation.

At the same time, Archbishop Fisichella resigned his position as rector of the Pontifical Lateran University, and Enrico dal Covolo, S.D.B., was appointed as his successor.

[18] Fisichella's task is to reawaken the faith in traditionally Christian parts of the world, particularly Europe and North America.

During the press conference on the release in October 2010 of the motu proprio authorizing the setting up of the new council, the members of which were appointed in January 2011, Archbishop Fisichella stated that his new office did not yet have an internet connection, or even a computer: "Right now, I'm just hoping to get a computer in my office so I can get on the internet myself.

"[19] In February 2011, following public controversies with respect to Bishop Richard Williamson's denial of the Holocaust and the Regensburg lecture's impact on Christian-Muslim relations, Fisichella dismissed as premature the idea of assessing the papacy of Pope Benedict XVI.

The cities that would take part were: Barcelona, Budapest, Brussels, Dublin, Cologne, Lisbon, Liverpool, Paris, Turin, Warsaw and Vienna.

[citation needed] On 10 December 2011, he was appointed to a five-year renewable term as a member of the Pontifical Council for Culture.

He said that Luce was inspired by the Catholic church's desire "to live even within the pop culture so beloved by our youth.