Fidelius Schmid

Born in 1975, Fidelius Schmid studied economics and business administration in Hamburg, Sydney, and Paris, and trained in journalism at the Henri-Nannen School in Hamburg. From 2003 to 2010, he worked for the Financial Times Deutschland, first in Frankfurt and later as a correspondent for foreign and security policy in Brussels. After a stint at Handelsblatt, he joined Der Spiegel in 2012, where his work focused primarily on spies and terrorists. In 2013, he published Gottes schwarze Kasse. Der Papst und die zwielichtigen Geschäfte der Vatikanbank (The Pope and the Vatican Bank’s Dubious Dealings).