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Pope Francis: the Outcomes of Misericordia et Misera

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 28 novembre 2016 · Leave a Comment · In Vatican

The Apostolic Letter, “Misericordia et Misera,” officially concluded the Extraordinary Holy Year of Mercy. In a certain sense, the publication of the letter also inaugurated a new phase of Pope Francis’s pontificate.

The short document, published on November 21, contains three main decisions: the extension of the mandate to the Missionaries of mercy, [...]

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Pope Francis’ Real Challenge

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 13 aprile 2015 · 2 Comments · In Vatican

There is a recurrent theme in all the conversations around curial reform as well as an eventual reform of Catholic doctrine on the basis of the outcome of the coming Synod of Bishops: the theme is ‘sensus fidei fidelium’ (literally, the sense of faith on the part of the faithful), that is, the intuition [...]

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Pope Francis: An Agenda Behind his Back?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 23 febbraio 2015 · 6 Comments · In Vatican

Is there an agenda at work behind Pope Francis’ back? As he carries out his plan of renewal for the Church, one that is based on the purification of hearts, on pastoral efforts and on evangelization through attraction, many individuals are trying to exploit his spontaneity, and also his naivete, in order to [...]

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Pope Francis, beyond the paradigm of discontinuity

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 8 dicembre 2014 · 12 Comments · In Vatican

At the eve of the sixth meeting of the Council of Cardinals, it seems that the path of the reform of the Roman Curia has come to a halt – Pope Francis himself said that reforms will not carried out within the next year. As there was a de facto halt for [...]

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Vatican, the time for reform. What is the Pope’s position?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 10 novembre 2014 · 16 Comments · In Vatican

The next meeting of the Vatican chiefs of dicasteries, scheduled for around the end of this month, will provide an overview of the streamlining of the Curia project. The Council of Cardinals, which next meeting is scheduled for December 9 to 11, wants to put into effect the first concrete change, in order [...]

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Indeed, Pope Francis is right: Benedict XVI still has much to give to the Church

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 27 ottobre 2014 · 4 Comments · In Vatican

A text Benedict XVI sent on October 21 to the Pontifical Urbaniana University of Rome has shown that, indeed, Pope Francis is right when he underscores that the Pope emeritus is an institution the Church must not fail to benefit from. In four pages – sent to thank the University for having [...]

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Synod of Bishops, hope in the peripheries

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 20 ottobre 2014 · 15 Comments · In Vatican

The synod of bishops that has just finished revealed two certainties. The first one: there is hope in the Church peripheries. The second: that the most hopeful peripheries are not those that one might expect. It is not Latin America, from which Pope Francis hails, and where the Church has assumed the social [...]

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The synod’s risk: mismanaged expectations

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 13 ottobre 2014 · 5 Comments · In Vatican

Pope Francis gave a very clear indication of the method the synod should follow: bishops should speak frankly. Without any reverential fear. Even without being afraid of not coinciding with the Pope’s own opinion. The synodal fathers, instead, have opted for confidentiality. Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, General Secretary of the Synod, warned them, «You [...]

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Pope Francis, looking back to the Second Vatican Council

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 15 settembre 2014 · 6 Comments · In Vatican

There is a Council in the Pope’s mind. Not the Third Vatican Council, wished by many, especially within progressive circles. Rather, it is the Second Vatican Council, as it seems that Pope Francis is pursuing the spirit of the Council. The same spirit that 50 years ago had put the Church in a [...]

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Bishops, Pope Francis’ choices

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 1 settembre 2014 · 11 Comments · In Vatican

Perhaps under Pope Francis the big transition of bishops started under Benedict XVI is going to be completed. In appointments for two key posts, Pope Francis has shown he is following the line traced by the now Pope emeritus: the appointment of Cardinal Reinhard Woelki as Archbishop of Cologne and that of

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