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Synod of bishops, the search for parish priests

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 30 giugno 2014 · 4 Comments · In Vatican

Communicating the faith. This is the number one priority, as it is outlined in the “Instrumentum Laboris” of the next extraordinary synod on the family. Amid strong points of view, some of which can be discarded at a political level (the ones the secular media have been writing about), the Instrumentum Laboris is [...]

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Pope Francis, between spin doctors and the Gospel

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 23 giugno 2014 · 3 Comments · In Vatican

As the establishing of a Secretariat for Communication among the offices of the Roman Curia seems imminent, the closing of a missionary magazine has again led to questions about the very communication of faith to the peripheries of the world, Pope Francis’ favorite theme. While communications are ever more professionalized (a needed [...]

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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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Vatican finances, choosing the international option

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 9 giugno 2014 · 2 Comments · In Vatican

The members of the board of the Financial Information Authority (AIF), the Vatican’s financial watchdog, hailed all from Italy. Taking a decision which shows his wish to give the Holy See an international profile, Pope Francis replaced them all with international experts held in high regard. Among them, there is just one Italian, [...]

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Pope Francis’ Outward-Looking Church, beyond the Italian exception

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 2 giugno 2014 · 3 Comments · In Vatican

Perhaps a Pope coming from the ends of the world was needed to put an end to the so-called “Italian exception”. Id est, that privileged relationship between Italy and the Holy See that tightly linked the two banks of the Tiber. The relation was tight because of geography: Rome is in Italy, and [...]

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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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Pope Francis, living Paul VI’s “dream” or experiencing Paul VI’s “nightmare”

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 12 maggio 2014 · 2 Comments · In Vatican

Paul VI will be beatified Oct. 19 at the end of the extraordinary synod on the family, being the synod a body the late Pope wanted and promoted. A Paul VI that is to be proclaimed saint, probably as soon as 2015, through an accelerated process pursuant to Pope Francis’ wishes. Pope Montini is [...]

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Pope Francis: Is the papacy according to the media overshadowing the real papacy?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 28 aprile 2014 · 4 Comments · In Vatican

In his last meeting with Roman clergy, Benedict XVI spoke about a «Second Vatican Council of the media and a real Second Vatican Council,» complaining that the media wanted to set the agenda of the Conciliar fathers. Nowadays something similar is happening again, with respect to Pope Francis’ papacy. One could speak about [...]

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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, is there a timeline for Curia reform?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 7 aprile 2014 · 4 Comments · In Vatican

It was almost taken for granted that a reform of the Roman Curia, and in particular of the Secretariat of State, was going to take place. The General Congregations (i.e. the pre-conclave meeting) seemed to believe that the bad organization of the Curia was at the root of the poor management of the [...]

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