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 […]
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 final question, for Benedict XVI, is always God. Can a state be built without God? And how much can the state involve itself in […]
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… […]
“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 […]
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… […]
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… […]
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… […]
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 […]
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 […]
The first, historic meeting between a Pope and a Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church does not come from nowhere. Both the Russian Orthodox Patriarchate and the Holy See have been working on such an […]
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