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Pope Francis, beyond the paradigm of discontinuity

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 8 dicembre 2014 · 13 Comments · In Vatican

At the eve of the sixth meeting of the Council of Cardinals, it seems that the path of the reform of the Roman Curia has come to a halt – Pope Francis himself said that reforms will not carried out within the next year. As there was a de facto halt for [...]

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Synod of Bishops, hope in the peripheries

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 20 ottobre 2014 · 15 Comments · In Vatican

The synod of bishops that has just finished revealed two certainties. The first one: there is hope in the Church peripheries. The second: that the most hopeful peripheries are not those that one might expect. It is not Latin America, from which Pope Francis hails, and where the Church has assumed the social [...]

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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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