René Breuel is the founding pastor of Hopera, a church in Rome, Italy, and the author of The Paradox of Happiness, which has been published also in Italian and Portuguese. He has studied business in Brazil and Germany, has a Master of Divinity from Regent College in Vancouver, Canada, and a Master of Studies in Creative Writing from Oxford University. He is married to Sarah and is the father of two energetic boys, Pietro and Matteo.