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Vatican, suspended between the search for a vision and a gang war

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 7 luglio 2014 · 3 Comments · In Vatican

Decisions are yet to be announced, and they will be this week. But the amount of gossips, rumors, even the leaks anticipating the data of the balance sheet of the Institute for Religious Works (the so called “Vatican bank”) show that there had been a war behind these decisions. The roots of this war [...]

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What if Pope Francis surprises us once more?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 16 giugno 2014 · 7 Comments · In Vatican

On July 1-4, another meeting of the Council of Cardinals appointed by Pope Francis to counsel him on the Curia reform and on the government of the universal Church will take place. It is an important meeting, since it would reportedly set for the first time the new ‘blueprint’ of the Roma [...]

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Pope Francis’ Outward-Looking Church, beyond the Italian exception

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

Perhaps a Pope coming from the ends of the world was needed to put an end to the so-called “Italian exception”. Id est, that privileged relationship between Italy and the Holy See that tightly linked the two banks of the Tiber. The relation was tight because of geography: Rome is in Italy, and [...]

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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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Vatican, a crucial week for reforms. With an eye on finances

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 17 febbraio 2014 · 2 Comments · In Vatican

The clock starts today for a very important week for the reform of the Church. The Council of Cardinals will begin its three-day meeting today. After that, informal meetings, until February 20 and 21, when the cardinals will gather in an ordinary public consistory. On Saturday, February 22 there will be a consistory [...]

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

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 3 febbraio 2014 · 3 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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