René Bruelhart had been president of the Vatican Financial Intelligence Authority since 2014. His exit represented the end of an era. Bruelhart joined the Vatican in 2012 as an ad hoc advisor for anti-money laundering. Later, he was appointed director of the Financial Intelligence Authority (AIF) when the Holy See was transitioning [...]

The appointment of the Jesuit Fr. Juan Antonio Guerrero Alves as Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy fills one of the most critical ‘gaps’ in the Roman Curia organizational chart.

The Prefect of the Secretariat had been, since its establishment, Cardinal George Pell. When Cardinal Pell went back to Australia to defend [...]

Cardinal Camillo Ruini was the main character of a particular ecclesial season in Italy. This season spanned from the mid-1990s to the beginning of the 2000s. As president of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, Cardinal Ruini devised and promoted a strategy for the presence of the Catholic world in the public arena. No longer [...]

By the end of the year, the draft of Praedicate Evangelium should be out. The Praedicate is the pastoral constitution that will reform the Roman Curia. The first draft of the Curia reform was strongly amended. During the last meeting of the Council of Cardinals, the draft was given a second read. Now, [...]