Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher’s trip to Moscow marked a definitive paradigm shift in the Holy See’s diplomacy regarding the situation in Ukraine. We cannot know what was said behind closed doors during the bilateral meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

The opening remarks from both the Holy See and the Russian delegation [...]

So far, Leo XIV’s government has been characterized by extraordinary prudence and a certain continuity. The Pope has made only a few relatively minor adjustments, without touching his immediate predecessor’s broad reform framework. He has retained the idea of synodality, but without giving it the central importance it had, at least narratively, during the [...]

Among the new appointments to the Council for the Economy are two young women in their thirties with impressive resumes: Gisela Liechtenstein and Elena Wettstein Principato. Both have aroused considerable curiosity. They’ve even made headlines.  The attention they’ve drawn is essentially of the same kind as arose in 2021, when Pope Francis reshuffled the [...]

The big news this week was the Vatican’s confirmation – long expected – of Pope Leo XIV’s November journey to Argentina, Uruguay, and Peru, but before he undertakes his three-nation tour of South America, the pope will travel to France.

The visit to la fille aînée de l’Église is scheduled for Spetember 25-28, and [...]

Leo XIV has returned to the Vatican after a month-long vacation in Castel Gandolfo, and a series of important decisions await him. They aren’t all urgent matters, but what he decides in each of them will tell us a lot about how the pope intends to shape his pontificate.

These decisions will be subjected [...]