The real Pope Francis and his real enemies
Pope Francis’ opening address to the Italian Bishops Conference’s general assembly showed the spirit of the real Pope Francis. The Pope condensed his views about the Church into two pages…
Pope Francis, the necessary diplomacy
More than a need for a reform, the Roman Curia needs better functionality and more vision – these are the conclusions one can draw from last week’s events in the…
Pope Francis’ real challenge
There is a recurrent theme in all the conversations around curial reform as well as an eventual reform of Catholic doctrine on the basis of the outcome of the coming…
Pope Francis, Finally Appointments “Vatican-style”
For the first time in these two years of his pontificate, Pope Francis has made two “Vatican style” appointments. Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi’s appointment as Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic…
Pope Francis to the United Nations: Which Diplomacy?
Pope Francis will speak at the United Nations Headquarters in New York this coming September 25. United Nations confirmed the papal address last week, thus making official one of the…
Is the Jubilee of Mercy the Real Face of Pope Francis’ Revolution?
Pope Francis celebrated the second anniversary of the pontificate his way, by convoking an Extraordinary Jubilee for Mercy to begin December 8, 2015 and to end November 20, 2016. This…
Behind Pope Francis: a hidden Vatican
Neglected by the media, there is a hidden Vatican that is working tirelessly to promote the human being. It is the Vatican of diplomacy, the Vatican that sits at international…
Pope Francis: Looking for a Reform Scenario
The official approval of the statutes of the three recently established Vatican economic bodies marked a small turning point in the path toward Vatican reforms. The anomaly that Pope Francis…
Help! Theology needed to reform the Curia
In the end, the “revolution” has turned into a renewal, to be carried forward slowly. It could not be different, because in the way in which it was outlined, Curia…
Pope Francis, an agenda behind his back?
Is there an agenda at work behind Pope Francis’ back? As he carries out his plan of renewal for the Church, one that is based on the purification of hearts,…
Pope Francis, the push to synodality
Everything for the sake of synodality. This seems to be Pope Francis’ governing program. The Pope has already made it clear that he deems the conversion of hearts to be…
Pope Francis, will it really be a revolution?
The week that begins today and ends with the creation of 20 new cardinals may represent the turning point of Pope Francis’ pontificate. The choices of the new cardinals not…
Usa-Cuba, il primo successo diplomatico di Papa Francesco
La riapertura delle relazioni diplomatiche tra Stati Uniti e Cuba è il primo grande successo diplomatico di Papa Francesco, e molti commentatori hanno salutato l’evento entusiasticamente come il grande ritorno…
Pope Francis: which peripheries?
Since becoming pope, Francis has asked the Church repeatedly to reach outward toward the peripheries, and he immediately began to show his preference for them. His first papal trip was…
Five revealing details of Pope Francis’ trip to Sri Lanka and Philippines
There are five revealing details that emerge from the papal trip to Sri Lanka and Philippines. Five details that perhaps help us to understand better this pontificate, as well the…
