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Pope Francis, an iron hand against priestly pedophilia. How will the international community react?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 29 settembre 2014 · 9 Comments · In Vatican

In two moves, Pope Francis has shown he intends to strongly carry forward the line of zero tolerance on clergy sex abuse. Two very clear moves: an archbishop has been put on house arrest, another one has been removed from his post. Yet, all of this may not be sufficient to remove the [...]

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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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Palestinian question. The interest of the Holy See.

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 7 novembre 2011 · 1 Comment · In Holy See

The Executive Board of UNESCO, the UN organization concerned with education, science and culture, recommended granting full recognition to the Palestine state. Out of of 58 member countries on the Committee, 40 voted in favor of the recommendation, which was proposed by the Arab group. Four countries: the United States, Germany, Romania and [...]

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The Holy See toward financial transparency. With some contraindication.

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 15 agosto 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Vatican

Within the next 4th of September, the Vatican Authority for Financial Information will be finishing a report to deliver to the GAFI – the International Financial Action Group against money laundering – and to the financial organisms of European Union. It will be one of the steps toward the enrollment of the Holy See [...]

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The fall of the false gods. International finance between Christ and Confucius

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 8 agosto 2011 · Leave a Comment · In international affairs

We are now living the fall of the false Gods. Benedict XVI delivered an important meditation at the beginning of the October Synod of Bishops for the Middle East. The meditation addressed the “false divinities” that govern modern times. «Let us remember all the great powers of the history of today. Let us [...]

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Undermining Holy See diplomacy. An impossible mission?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 16 maggio 2011 · 4 Comments · In Holy See

Would it be possible to eject the Holy See from the international organizations? This not such a new idea. In 2007, The Economist - English weekly which is widely read in government foreign offices – ended  an article about the Vatican diplomacy with this advice for the Holy See: «It could renounce its special [...]

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