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…
Roberto Mancini a Roma, Conferenza ed Incontro sulla Giustizia, Venerdì 6 febbraio alle 19
Il sentimento di giustizia è così universalmente connaturato all’umanità da sembrare indipendente da ogni legge, partito o religione. Voltaire L’essere umano è creatura viaggiante, migrante nel suo stesso modo d’essere,…
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…
A must today as ever: Talking about God in light of Pope Francis’ missionary push
On February 26, 2013, two days before the end of Benedict XVI’s pontificate, the Czech priest Tomas Halik launched in Rome the Italian edition of one of his most important…
Parlare di Dio: un tema sempre attuale nel pontificato di Papa Francesco
Il 26 febbraio 2013, due giorni prima della fine del Pontificato di Benedetto XVI, il sacerdote Ceco Tomas Halik presentava a Roma l’edizione italiana di un suo libro molto diffuso,…
U.S. – Cuba: Pope Francis’ first diplomatic success
The restoration of diplomatic ties between the United States and Cuba is Pope Francis’ first diplomatic success, and many commentators are enthusiastically emphasizing that the Holy See is now back…
Pope Francis, for human rights and against the secularization of religions
Pope Francis did not cross that much of a distance going from the European institutions to Turkey. The two Papal trips are linked in many ways, and not only because…
Pope Francis, the moment for a change of pace
The reference to «the spirit of Francis» in characterizing the new document that will regulate the functions of the offices of the Roman Curia is the most prominent and newsworthy…
Papa Francesco, lo sguardo indietro al Concilio Vaticano II
Papa Francesco verso il Concilio. Non verso il Vaticano III, desiderato da molti, specialmente nell’ala progressista. Piuttosto, verso il Concilio Vaticano II. Perché le scelte di Papa Francesco sembrano sottolineare…
