Analysis
Cardinal Parolin, Pope Francis, and the outcomes of the outward Church
In the end, the Church is in the world, but not of the world. The Catholic Church cannot be considered one of many players on the field, […]
Articles by Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency
The Dispatch
Analysis: With new appointments, Pope Francis puts his mark on the College of Cardinals
This is the first time in the five years of this pontificate, writes Andrea Gagliarducci, that in a possible future conclave the number of cardinals created […]
The Dispatch
Analysis: Benedict XVI’s unpublished letter—God is key to understanding human rights
The final question, for Benedict XVI, is always God. Can a state be built without God? And how much can the state involve itself in […]
News Briefs
Analysis: Who is the Pope’s new canon law expert?
Vatican City, Apr 11, 2018 / 12:00 am (CNA).- The new president of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts is a well-respected canon law expert, with pastoral, scholarly, and curial experience.
On April 7, Archbishop Filippo Iannone was appointed… […]
The Dispatch
As things change in Vatican communications office, will they stay the same?
“In both form and substance,” says Andrea Gagliarducci of CNA, sources have said, appointing Msgr. Lucio Adrian Ruiz to replace Msgr. Dario Edoardo Viganò as prefect of […]
News Briefs
Analysis: Benedict XVI’s letter – what the reaction revealed
Vatican City, Mar 22, 2018 / 12:00 am (CNA).- The story of Benedict XVI’s letter and the communication issues it raised, dubbed “Lettergate,” has led to the resignation of a curial prefect, among other things.
But it also had the eff… […]
News Briefs
Analysis: What led to, and what will follow, “Lettergate”
Vatican City, Mar 21, 2018 / 01:17 pm (CNA).- A new chapter for Vatican media and communications began Apr. 30, 2015, when Pope Francis established a commission of five members to analyze and implement the suggestions of a report from a Vatican Committ… […]
News Briefs
Analysis: Cardinal Rai begins strategic call for Saudi religious freedom
Vatican City, Nov 28, 2017 / 08:00 pm (CNA).- The first cardinal to be officially invited to visit Saudi Arabia, Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, has begun a strategic call for religious tolerance among the Saudi Arabian roy… […]
Analysis
The end of an era?
The fact that Cardinal Caffarra is today mostly remembered because of the dubia shows, to some extent, the current preoccupying drift in discussions about the […]
Analysis
How Cardinal Husar’s death helps us understand the times we live in
Editor’s note: The following essay was originally posted on the MondayVatican (Vatican At a Glance) blog, which is the personal site of Andrea Gagliarducci, who is the Vatican analyst for Catholic News Agency (CNA); it is […]