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Vatican, the time for reform. What is the Pope’s position?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 10 novembre 2014 · 16 Comments · In Vatican

The next meeting of the Vatican chiefs of dicasteries, scheduled for around the end of this month, will provide an overview of the streamlining of the Curia project. The Council of Cardinals, which next meeting is scheduled for December 9 to 11, wants to put into effect the first concrete change, in order [...]

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Pope Francis, a romanticized papacy?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 3 novembre 2014 · 16 Comments · In Vatican

Pope Francis’ new alleged declarations to the Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfari (who had not presented them as an interview) and the interpretation of the Pope’s words on evolution once more has rung the alarm bells on how much Pope Francis’ papacy is being romanticized. As if, through Pope Francis’ words, the secular [...]

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Indeed, Pope Francis is right: Benedict XVI still has much to give to the Church

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 27 ottobre 2014 · 4 Comments · In Vatican

A text Benedict XVI sent on October 21 to the Pontifical Urbaniana University of Rome has shown that, indeed, Pope Francis is right when he underscores that the Pope emeritus is an institution the Church must not fail to benefit from. In four pages – sent to thank the University for having [...]

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Synod of Bishops, hope in the peripheries

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 20 ottobre 2014 · 15 Comments · In Vatican

The synod of bishops that has just finished revealed two certainties. The first one: there is hope in the Church peripheries. The second: that the most hopeful peripheries are not those that one might expect. It is not Latin America, from which Pope Francis hails, and where the Church has assumed the social [...]

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The synod’s risk: mismanaged expectations

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 13 ottobre 2014 · 5 Comments · In Vatican

Pope Francis gave a very clear indication of the method the synod should follow: bishops should speak frankly. Without any reverential fear. Even without being afraid of not coinciding with the Pope’s own opinion. The synodal fathers, instead, have opted for confidentiality. Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, General Secretary of the Synod, warned them, «You [...]

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Pope Francis, phase two of his diplomacy

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 6 ottobre 2014 · Leave a Comment · In Vatican

Phase two of Pope Francis’ diplomacy began with his advocacy of an intervention in Iraq. Anticipated by Archbishop Silvano Maria Tomasi, Holy See Permanent Observer at the UN Office in Geneva, Pope Francis launched the request in his flight back from South Korea. It was reiterated by the Secretary of State Pietro [...]

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Pope Francis, an iron hand against priestly pedophilia. How will the international community react?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 29 settembre 2014 · 9 Comments · In Vatican

In two moves, Pope Francis has shown he intends to strongly carry forward the line of zero tolerance on clergy sex abuse. Two very clear moves: an archbishop has been put on house arrest, another one has been removed from his post. Yet, all of this may not be sufficient to remove the [...]

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Pope Francis, the moment for a change of pace

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 22 settembre 2014 · 1 Comment · In Vatican

The reference to «the spirit of Francis» in characterizing the new document that will regulate the functions of the offices of the Roman Curia is the most prominent and newsworthy aspect of the presentation of its introduction. The draft of the new introduction has been discussed during the six meetings of the Council [...]

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Pope Francis, looking back to the Second Vatican Council

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 15 settembre 2014 · 6 Comments · In Vatican

There is a Council in the Pope’s mind. Not the Third Vatican Council, wished by many, especially within progressive circles. Rather, it is the Second Vatican Council, as it seems that Pope Francis is pursuing the spirit of the Council. The same spirit that 50 years ago had put the Church in a [...]

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Pope Francis, on the footsteps of the unknown Pope?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 8 settembre 2014 · 2 Comments · In Vatican

«The Church is proud of having sons like you. You are her strength and the concrete and authentic testimony of the Church’s salvation, forgiveness and message of love. I embrace you all, may the Lord bless you and always protect you.» At the end of the September 3 General Audience, Pope Francis directed [...]

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