Matthew Pinto
President of Ascension Press

Matthew is the founder and president of Ascension Press and Luminous Media, a co-founder of CatholicExchange.com and Envoy Magazine, and a best-selling author of a variety of works including Did Adam and Eve have Belly Buttons?, the creator of the Friendly Defenders Catholic Flash Cards, co-editor of the Amazing Grace Series, and co-author of A Guide to the Passion: 100 Questions About the Passion of the Christ. He has appeared on numerous television and radio programs explaining and defending the Catholic Faith, and has conducted seminars on a variety of Catholic issues throughout the country. Matt and his wife, Maryanne, live in Pennsylvania, and are the parents of five boys.