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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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A Pope, Nobel Laureate in Literature?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 19 maggio 2014 · 4 Comments · In Vatican

Pope Francis, some say, may be the first Pope to earn a Nobel Prize, for Peace. Only a few people know that, before Francis, the idea of proposing Benedict XVI for the Nobel Prize, in Literature, had been seriously considered.

Father Giuseppe Costa, director of the Vatican Publishing House, had this idea, as he [...]

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What’s the future like, at the Vatican media?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 28 gennaio 2013 · 1 Comment · In Holy See

Does the reorganization of the Vatican media amount to Father Federico Lombardi’s soft demise? The director of the Holy See Press Office has lost the direction of the Vatican Television Centre (CTV), and has been assigned a second deputy at the Holy See Press Office. The new Vatican appointments are in addition [...]

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Can the Jesus’ infancy narratives be a reason for controversy?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 26 novembre 2012 · 1 Comment · In Vatican

It is entitled Jesus of Nazareth. The Infancy Narratives and it is the last book written by Joseph Ratzinger. Today, Ratzinger is Benedict XVI. But the Pope wanted to delink his theological book from the Papal magisterium. «In order to promote a freer and lively discussion,» Ratzinger said when the first of [...]

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Holy See makes one more step toward financial transparency. While a subtle battle is fought behind the curtains.

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 19 marzo 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Holy See

Just when the Vatican Secretary of State seems to be the only mark for a series of attacks, two news show that the Holy See is making important steps toward a reform intended to bring the Vatican City State to be a fully modern State with full financial transparency. The steps are [...]

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