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Pope Francis appointment of an advisory board raises expectations for reform

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 21 aprile 2013 · 1 Comment · In Pope Francis

It is a sort of advisory board for Pope Francis. Eight cardinals, and a bishop as their secretary, will meet periodically to infuse energy to the Curia reform that the cardinals asked for, during their pre-conclave meetings.

Criticism of «Roman centralism» came from the cardinals farthest away from Rome, in the outer rings [...]

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How will Pope Francis go about it? To start, by loving his enemies.

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 14 aprile 2013 · Leave a Comment · In Pope Francis

«Love your enemies». This seems to be Pope Francis’ most practiced gospel commandment recently. During this first month of Pontificate, Pope Francis received twice his compatriot Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, in order to see – sources say – how much time is needed to organize the trip [...]

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A different kind of Easter

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 31 marzo 2013 · Leave a Comment · In Pope Francis

The image of the two white-dressed pontiffs praying together at the Pontifical Villa of Castel Gandolfo marked in some ways the handover from Pope Benedict to Pope Francis. This Easter was witness to this  handover.  We can see in it an element of continuity and another one of strong discontinuity.

The element of continuity [...]

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Pope Francis, a great Shepard. Will he be capable of governing?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 18 marzo 2013 · Leave a Comment · In Pope Francis

He won over the crowd from the very first moment he showed up from the balcony in the Blessings Lodge by simply saying «Buonasera». Then, he won over the sister Churches underlining no less than three times that he was (just) the «bishop of Rome» and never referring to himself as Pope. Finally, [...]

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