If we look at it in its entirety, the working document of the upcoming Synod on synodality – though the organizers would prefer “Synod on the life of the Church” – wanted by Pope Francis is balanced. It is a document that responds to two souls, two different approaches: that of listening to the [...]

Pope Francis’ decision to ask Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, now prefect emeritus of the Papal Household, to return to his native diocese testifies not only to the fact that the Pope wants to cut ties with the previous pontificate completely. The decision regarding Archbishop Gaenswein is further proof of the modus operandi of Pope [...]

The new hospitalization of Pope Francis has left many questions hanging. One wonders, in particular, which initiatives the Pope will carry forward and which will remain set aside instead. One wonders what the Pope’s plans are and whether this new surgery has changed them. One wonders, above all, what will be the legacy of [...]

“How many divisions does the Pope have?” This provocative question is attributed to Stalin, who looked at the Holy See only from a geopolitical point of view. This was, of course, a short-sighted political view. In fact, it was the Soviet Union that had wanted to involve the Holy See in the conference on [...]