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Pope Francis beyond the crisis. Waiting to appoint new cardinals

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 15 dicembre 2014 · 3 Comments · In Vatican

Pope Francis will hold a consistory to create new cardinals on the 14 and 15th of February. The announcement came at the end of a busy week: Pope Francis has granted an important interview, has personally reshaped the synod narrative against the media narrative during a general audience, and has taken part [...]

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What if we misunderstood Pope Francis?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 26 maggio 2014 · 9 Comments · In Vatican

Last Monday, Pope Francis was the first Pope to deliver the inaugural speech of the General Assembly of the Italian Bishops’ Conference. The Pope asked the Italian bishops to change the statutes, to make them more democratic, being this Conference the only one in the world whose president is directly elected by the [...]

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Divorced and remarried, the perils of a discussion run by the media

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 10 marzo 2014 · 5 Comments · In Vatican

Cardinal Walter Kasper has called for a «Council-like solution» to the issue in his presentation during the consistory on the family. This «Council-like solution» is a reference to the approach taken by the Second Vatican Council to issues like religious freedom and ecumenism. i.e., not to change the tradition, but to create new openings. [...]

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The informal Papacy and the risk of a lack of institutionality

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 6 ottobre 2013 · 4 Comments · In Pope Francis

Pope Francis has underscored in Assisi his idea of «a poor Church for poor.» It is part of the «reform of attitudes» that Pope Francis considers more important than the Curia reform, i.e. a reform of the organizational structure. During this week, a certain lack of institutionality has been felt. At first [...]

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