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The synod’s risk: mismanaged expectations

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 13 ottobre 2014 · 5 Comments · In Vatican

Pope Francis gave a very clear indication of the method the synod should follow: bishops should speak frankly. Without any reverential fear. Even without being afraid of not coinciding with the Pope’s own opinion. The synodal fathers, instead, have opted for confidentiality. Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, General Secretary of the Synod, warned them, «You [...]

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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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John XXIII and John Paul II, the Popes who tore down walls

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 21 aprile 2014 · 8 Comments · In Vatican

To canonize John XXIII and John Paul II at the same time, Pope Francis has not hesitated to slightly bypass canonization procedures in not waiting for confirmation of a second miracle attributable to John XXIII. And this was most certainly the right course to take. John XXIII and John Paul II are of [...]

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Divorced and remarried, the perils of a discussion run by the media

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 10 marzo 2014 · 5 Comments · In Vatican

Cardinal Walter Kasper has called for a «Council-like solution» to the issue in his presentation during the consistory on the family. This «Council-like solution» is a reference to the approach taken by the Second Vatican Council to issues like religious freedom and ecumenism. i.e., not to change the tradition, but to create new openings. [...]

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From Benedict to Francis. One year after, the same problems

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 10 febbraio 2014 · 6 Comments · In Vatican

One year after the historical resignation of Benedict XVI, a document of the UN Committee on the Human Rights simply proves that nothing has changed in the spirit of the world. In the end, Pope Francis must face the same demons and ghosts that have always been menacing the Church, and that [...]

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Church’s G8 proposes a commission to combat pedophilia and sex abuse by priests

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 9 dicembre 2013 · 4 Comments · In Vatican

After three days of discussions, the Council of Eight Cardinals advising Pope Francis on the Curia Reform made official its first proposal: establishing a specific commission for the protection of children who have been victims of abuse. The proposal represents one further step in the fight against clergy pedophilia, a fight pushed forward [...]

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Pope Francis and the Upcoming Meeting with the G8 of the Church

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 16 settembre 2013 · 4 Comments · In Vatican

No doubt about it: every gesture by Pope Francis is a political signal. The time when his choices could be considered those of a naïve or inexperienced Pope is over. Every decision Pope Francis makes is signaling in which direction he wants to move the Church.

The eight cardinals charged with advising the Pope [...]

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Liberation Theology and Rome, was it truly a war?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 29 luglio 2013 · Leave a Comment · In Vatican

From Pope Francis’ trip to Brazil for World Youth Day, we will remember his appeal to young people to «rock the boat»; his visit to a favela in Rio, an almost ritual visit for popes; and his unscheduled movements, which have put to the test his security.

Yet, there was a [...]

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Pope Francis Really Becomes Pope on the Day a New Encyclical is Released.

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 7 luglio 2013 · 1 Comment · In Pope Francis

Pope John XXIII will be canonized. But the real news is that he will not be canonized as a result of  the Congregation for the Cause of Saints acknowledging a miracle attributed to his intercession. John XXIII will be saint because Pope Francis has decided so. He made his proposal and submitted it [...]

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Pope Francis, time to make decisions

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 30 giugno 2013 · 4 Comments · In Pope Francis

It is now time to make decisions. Pope Francis is in a hurry, he wants to fill the most important pieces of the curial puzzle. After more than 100 days as bishop of Rome, it is now time to act as a pope for real. And above all, to start deciding whom to [...]

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