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From external consultants to consultants from within. Is Pope Francis becoming “institutional”?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 3 febbraio 2014 · 2 Comments · In Vatican

Pope Francis is seemingly putting on a new hat, an institutional one. At a time when conclusions are being drawn from the reform process started under Benedict XVI and continued by his successor, Pope Francis is counterbalancing the weight of external consultants who, one way or another, have featured prominently during the first months [...]

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Vatileaks. A second outcome, and waiting for the next trial

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 29 ottobre 2012 · 1 Comment · In Vatican

The second outcome of the Vatileaks case may have come in the classical Vatican formula promoveatur ut amoveatur (promote to remove).  James Michael Harvey, Prefect of the Pontifical Household, is to be created cardinal in a surprise consistory announced by Benedict XVI.  The consistory will take place November, 24, and will create just [...]

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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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What is behind the Vati-leaks war?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 21 maggio 2012 · 7 Comments · In Holy See

«If you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another». This passage of the letter of Paul to Galatians had been quoted by Benedict XVI in the letter he wrote to bishops concerning the remission of excommunication to four lefevbrist bishops is dramatically current in the Church today. [...]

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Are the attacks on the Vatican anti money-laundering law attacks against Holy See sovereignty?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 30 aprile 2012 · 5 Comments · In Vatican finances

Benedict XVI had been defined «the last of Benedictins». As Saint Benedict, who in 529 founds the monastery of Montecassino and from there – with the ora et labora, the collections and copy of texts, founds a new civilizations, so Benedict XVI goes over the scandals and the human problems of the [...]

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Babylon. Behind the quiet revolution of Benedict XVI, guerrilla. From inside and outside the Church

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 13 febbraio 2012 · 1 Comment · In Holy See

«The important thing is that the message, the response of Fatima, in substance is not directed to particular devotions, but precisely to the fundamental response, that is, to ongoing conversion, penance, prayer, and the three theological virtues: faith, hope and charity. […] As for the new things which we can find in this message [...]

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Behind the «bite and devour». Holy See improves anti-money laundering Vatican law.

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 6 febbraio 2012 · 1 Comment · In Holy See

January, the 25th, a new law n. 127 had been posted to a wall of a Vatican lodge. The new law immediately came into effect, since the posting is the form of the urgent decree. So, the Vatican has a new anti money-laundering law. Just a few are really aware of this, since Holy [...]

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They shot the sheriff. What’s behind Viganò’s scandal?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 30 gennaio 2012 · Leave a Comment · In church

Sheriff defends law. He brings everybody into line.  And honest people is happy. This is what could happen in an ideal world. But many discontent the arrival of a sheriff. Honest people feel in peril: they work behind the curtain, they know that the only way to change the balances of a «corrupted» place [...]

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Financial transparency and Holy See. Chronicles of an anniversary

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 2 gennaio 2012 · 1 Comment · In Vatican

One year ago – it was the 30th of December 2010 – the publication of the Benedict XVI’s Motu Proprio for the prevention and countering of illegal activities in the area of monetary and financial dealings was considered one of the most important news. The Motu Proprio extended to the Holy See the [...]

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Vatican puzzle. How the Roman Curia is going to change.

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 29 agosto 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Holy See

When he was appointed as Papal nuncio in Israel, he had a Muslim barber. For years, this barber asked about Abouna Boutros, Father Pietro. This is how Pietro Sambi was known in Jerusalem. Since 2005, Sambi was Papal nuncio in Washington, and this year he was ready to be nominated Prefect of [...]

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