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Pope Francis’ team takes shape

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 1 settembre 2013 · 1 Comment · In Vatican

Pope Francis has started to form his team. And he has done so from the very top. As Secretary of State, Pope Francis has decided to appoint Pietro Parolin, an Italian hailing from Veneto and born in 1955, who until now was Papal Nuncio in Venezuela. He is an experienced diplomat whose career [...]

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Pope Francis: will he be a reformer?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 5 maggio 2013 · 2 Comments · In Pope Francis

How should the homilies Pope Francis delivers every morning during Mass in Sanctae Marthae Chapel be considered? Are they part of the Pope’s magisterium? Or are they just papal observations made in a private setting?

The problem cannot be underestimated, in a Vatican frantically astounded by a Pope like Francis. When John Paul II [...]

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Vatican communications, changes in the making?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 2 luglio 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Holy See

Perhaps, the first step that will revolutionize the world of Vatican communications is the appointment of Greg Burke, the 52 years old journalist coming from Fox News TV, as media advisor of the Secretariat of State. Greg Burke’s post is unprecedented in the Vatican. The Curia does not even have a media coordinator [...]

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The Pope weathers the storm. Chronicles from the Vatileaks plot

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 4 giugno 2012 · 1 Comment · In Vatican

To do away with Vatileaks polemics and rumors, Benedict XVI decided to make a personal public statement. At the end of the General Audience of Wednesday, May 30th, he read a brief and significant declaration about the Vatileaks scandal. «The events – the Pope said - which have occurred during these [...]

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After the Castro’s interview with the Pope, what will be the future of Cuba?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 2 aprile 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Holy See

In the living room of the cardinal Roger Etchegaray’s house in Rome a Cuban Christ’s Nativity is exposed since more than 20 years. The Christ’s  Nativity is a present Fidel Castro made to him during one of their meeting, between the end of 80s and the beginning of 90s. Roger Etchegaray first met [...]

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