An old Latin adage notes: motus in fine velocior, movement is faster toward the end. We do not know if we are approaching the end of Pope Francis’ pontificate. This will only depend on God’s will or the Pope’s intention to ever decide to renounce the papacy. Yet it is noteworthy that Pope Francis [...]

Some thought that the post-Synodal exhortation of the Special Synod on the Pan-Amazon Region would have come out before Christmas. A date was rumored: December 18th. It would have been a surprise, because at the end of the synod it was speculated that the Pope would publish the exhortation between March and April. Now, [...]

The veil of silence on the trial against Cardinal George Pell in Australia was broken by a very well known Australian journalist, though a non-believer. This journalist shed light on all the contradiction of the guilty verdict against Cardinal Pell. Andrew Bolt, in an episode of his Bolt Report on Sky News Australia, [...]

The news that the beatification of Fulton Sheen has been postponed is a warning that must not be underestimated. The postponement of the beatification came after a request of some bishops in the US, and in particular of the bishop of Rochester (diocese that Fulton Sheen administered), because the famous American television [...]

Rather than beginning a new phase, Pope Francis has seemingly gone back to the old one. The appointment of Carmelo Barbagallo as president of the Vatican Financial Intelligence Authority (AIF) must be interpreted together with the selection of Giuseppe Pignatone as president of the Vatican tribunal. These two appointments show the comeback of strong [...]