MondayVatican
Vatican at a Glance
  • INFO

What will be Pope Francis’ diplomatic doctrine?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 25 marzo 2013 · Leave a Comment · In Vatican

In his first meeting with ambassadors accredited to the Holy See, Pope Francis’ message focused on the poor. This is typical of him. «The heart of his message – explains Virginia Bonard, a journalist who works for the Bishops’ Conference of Argentina – is to shed light on the poor and on marginalized [...]

Continue Reading →

Pope Francis, a great Shepard. Will he be capable of governing?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 18 marzo 2013 · Leave a Comment · In Pope Francis

He won over the crowd from the very first moment he showed up from the balcony in the Blessings Lodge by simply saying «Buonasera». Then, he won over the sister Churches underlining no less than three times that he was (just) the «bishop of Rome» and never referring to himself as Pope. Finally, [...]

Continue Reading →

What will the next Pope be like?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 4 marzo 2013 · 1 Comment · In Holy See

What will the next Pope be like? Cardinals were already talking about it, long before the Swiss Guards closed the gates of the Pontifical Residence in Castel Gandolfo – at 20:00 on Thursday, February 28. From that moment, the Sede Vacante period officially began. In fact, by the time the General Congregations of [...]

Continue Reading →

Welcome back, professor Ratzinger. Benedict’s legacy

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 18 febbraio 2013 · 5 Comments · In Benedict XVI

In front of the Roman clergy, he spoke for one hour off-the-cuff, with no hesitation and with a certain serenity. And he denounced one of the “issues” with the Church, probably for him the pivotal one. Which is that there had been two Second Vatican Councils: one of the Fathers [...]

Continue Reading →

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 [...]

Continue Reading →

Toward a Church Revolution. The last fires of the three empires

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 27 giugno 2011 · Leave a Comment · In church

It’s almost certain that cardinal Angelo Scola, patriarch of Venice, will be appointed archbishop of Milan, the biggest diocese in the world. It was Benedict XVI himself who promoted the appointment of Scola: the Pope knows personally Scola, and – as usually – when he has to make an important appointment, he [...]

Continue Reading →
  • Categorie

    • Benedict XVI
    • church
    • Culture
    • diplomacy
    • Ecumenism
    • Holy See
    • international affairs
    • Italian Church
    • Pope Francis
    • religious freedom
    • Vatican
    • Vatican business
    • Vatican finances
  • Calendario

    marzo: 2023
    L M M G V S D
    « feb    
     12345
    6789101112
    13141516171819
    20212223242526
    2728293031  
  • Get in touch

MondayVatican

Pages

  • INFO

The Latest

  • What has been Pope Francis' way of governing?
    Before the latest motu proprio on the implementation of the Vos Estis […]

More

Thanks for dropping by! Feel free to join the discussion by leaving comments, and stay updated by subscribing to the RSS feed.
© 2011 MondayVatican
Platform by PageLines