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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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Pope Francis starts reforms. But perhaps he will need to rely on St. Peter’s Pence

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 14 luglio 2014 · 2 Comments · In Vatican

It is rumored that the Peter’s Pence funds increased this year, and this news will certainly relieve Pope Francis. Peter Pence’s will give a breath of support to the Vatican operating funds,which are facing the always higher expenses of an elephantine curial machinery that needs to be streamlined. Not because of a theological-pastoral [...]

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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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IOR. Pope Francis abstains from revolutionary changes, and ends speculations

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 14 aprile 2014 · 3 Comments · In Vatican

The report of the inspection to the Institute for Religious Works (IOR) commissioned by the Vatican Financial Information Authority should be  hopefully ready by the end of April. In the meantime, it is already known that the Institute – misleadingly called the “Vatican bank” – will carry forward its mission, continuing to [...]

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Pope Francis, one year after. Has a revolution truly taken place?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 17 marzo 2014 · 1 Comment · In Vatican

One year ago, March 13, Pope Francis won over the world with his «buonasera» and shook up the Church with the idea that a revolution was about to come. One year after, how much of this expected revolution has been carried out? Has the Roman Curia really changed? And is it possible to [...]

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Pope Francis Reshapes His Revolution

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 2 dicembre 2013 · 7 Comments · In Vatican

The Church according to Pope Francis is outlined in the nearly 260 page-long Apostolic Exhortation «Evangelii Gaudium»  (The Joy of the Gospel), that he wrote in two weeks in Spanish (with some neologisms and slogans) with a clear core message: the Church must come out, to the streets, and announce the Gospel [...]

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Vatican Finances.External Consultants and Conflicts of Interest

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 25 novembre 2013 · 1 Comment · In Vatican finances

The new statute of the Vatican Financial Information Authority (AIF) better aligns the Authority with new Vatican legislation, and with international standards. It also develops a new kind of Authority. Conceived by the drafter of the first Vatican money laundering law as a sort of «monocratic» authority (a Vatican dicastery presided by a [...]

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Babylon. Behind the quiet revolution of Benedict XVI, guerrilla. From inside and outside the Church

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 13 febbraio 2012 · 1 Comment · In Holy See

«The important thing is that the message, the response of Fatima, in substance is not directed to particular devotions, but precisely to the fundamental response, that is, to ongoing conversion, penance, prayer, and the three theological virtues: faith, hope and charity. […] As for the new things which we can find in this message [...]

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Vatican puzzle. How the Roman Curia is going to change.

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 29 agosto 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Holy See

When he was appointed as Papal nuncio in Israel, he had a Muslim barber. For years, this barber asked about Abouna Boutros, Father Pietro. This is how Pietro Sambi was known in Jerusalem. Since 2005, Sambi was Papal nuncio in Washington, and this year he was ready to be nominated Prefect of [...]

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Antonio Fazio’s case. Is Catholic finance under attack?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 13 giugno 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Vatican finances

A persecutory judgment. That is how many people, inside and out the Vatican, considered the sentence to 4 years’ imprisonment and to 1.5 million euro fine to Antonio Fazio, former governor of the Bank of Italy. Fazio was compelled to resign in 2005, because of the alleged role of the Bank of Italy [...]

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