On the eve of the week in which the so-called “trial of the century” in the Vatican should end, Pope Francis receives Archbishop Michel Aupetit, emeritus of Paris, who was forced to resign two years ago. Pope Francis had accepted his resignation “on the altar of hypocrisy,” he explained to journalists on the [...]

The news circulating about possible sanctions against Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, guilty of being an “enemy” of the Pope, has yet to receive official confirmation. The sources – more than one, including papal biographer Austen Ivereigh – have it that Pope Francis himself announced them, starting with a salary cut (more likely, the so-called [...]

Pope Francis’ response to four former delegates of the German “Synodal Way” has once again highlighted Pope Francis’s concern regarding the path undertaken by the Church of Germany. A concern shared in the Vatican, so much so that the risk of schism is often raised. From a certain point of view, however, Pope [...]

Since Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez has been prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Dicastery’s website has made public several answers given on behalf of Pope Francis to questions arriving from all over the world, from the dubia of five cardinals to the request of a Filipino bishop on what [...]

There will be more theologians and canonists among the members of the second stage of the Synod of Bishops, which will be held next October. Cardinal Matteo Zuppi said this during a meeting in Bologna on the forty years of the promulgation of the Code of Canon Law, and it is an interesting fact. [...]

In the tenth year of his pontificate, Pope Francis has concretely defined what he believes should be a cultural revolution within the Church, that is, a paradigm shift in the study of theology. Thus, not even a week after the end of the Synod, faced with a heavily amended final text that demonstrated the [...]

At the time of this writing, the summary document of the first part of the Synod on Synodality has not been published yet. However, the Letter to the People of God was posted. Several press conferences have highlighted various positions. There was some debate. Therefore, we can at least try to sum up this [...]

The last-minute change in the calendar of the Synod assembly showed an advantage and a limitation of synodality. The advantage is that listening also leads to changing decisions and redefining what was planned. The limit is that in this way there do not appear to be, nor can there be, long-term projects. Instead, everything [...]

The change of narrative that the lawyers of the former top ranks of the Vatican Financial Intelligence Authority have imposed on the trial on the management of the funds of the Vatican Secretariat of State could also have a series of consequences for the Holy See at the international level. The lawyers of [...]

The start of the Synod of bishops last week coincided with a definitive paradigm shift in the pontificate of Pope Francis. After ten years, having almost completed the generational transition in the College of Cardinals and Roman Curia, Pope Francis emerged without a mask, projecting his ideas and mentality. He no longer needs to [...]