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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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Ambitions for the Secretary of State position, behind pressures to abolish the IOR

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 7 aprile 2013 · 1 Comment · In Holy See

It seems certain that Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone will remain Secretary of State until April 27. That is the day when new papal nuncio Ettore Balestrero – previously Undersecretary for Relations with States, heading to the important nunciature of Colombia– will be ordained bishops. In the past, the Pope himself would conduct these ordinations [...]

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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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What will be Pope Francis’ diplomatic doctrine?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 25 marzo 2013 · Leave a Comment · In Vatican

In his first meeting with ambassadors accredited to the Holy See, Pope Francis’ message focused on the poor. This is typical of him. «The heart of his message – explains Virginia Bonard, a journalist who works for the Bishops’ Conference of Argentina – is to shed light on the poor and on marginalized [...]

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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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