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Pope Francis starts reforms. But perhaps he will need to rely on St. Peter’s Pence

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 14 luglio 2014 · 2 Comments · In Vatican

It is rumored that the Peter’s Pence funds increased this year, and this news will certainly relieve Pope Francis. Peter Pence’s will give a breath of support to the Vatican operating funds,which are facing the always higher expenses of an elephantine curial machinery that needs to be streamlined. Not because of a theological-pastoral [...]

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Human trafficking, Pope Francis’ global challenge

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 31 marzo 2014 · 1 Comment · In Vatican

The highlight of the circumscribed press release about the meeting between Pope Francis and the U.S. president Barack Obama is that both parties affirm their mutual commitment to bring an end to the plague of the human trafficking. Human trafficking seems to be Pope Francis’ most important diplomatic challenge. Yes, there had been [...]

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Vatican Finances. How the story began

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 11 febbraio 2013 · 2 Comments · In Vatican finances

Just one day after the death of Pope Pius XI, on February 10, 1939, Msgr. Angelo Pomata stood in front of a cahier’s window at Religious Works (the “ancestor” of the Institute for Religious Works). The cashier was Massimo Spada. Pomata was dispatched there by Eugenio Pacelli – who, after the death of the [...]

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