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Welcome back, professor Ratzinger. Benedict’s legacy

In front of the Roman clergy, he spoke for one hour off-the-cuff, with no hesitation and with a certain serenity. And he denounced one of the “issues” with the Church, probably for him the pivotal...

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Pope Francis Really Becomes Pope on the Day a New Encyclical is Released.

Pope John XXIII will be canonized. But the real news is that he will not be canonized as a result of  the Congregation for the Cause of Saints acknowledging a miracle attributed to his intercession....

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Pope Francis, between Roncalli’s and Martini’s utopias

The Roman Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls has been entrusted to Benedictines for 1300 years. There was such a strong tradition of ecumenical dialogue there, that Benedict XVI ultimately...

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John XXIII and John Paul II, the Popes who tore down walls

To canonize John XXIII and John Paul II at the same time, Pope Francis has not hesitated to slightly bypass canonization procedures in not waiting for confirmation of a second miracle attributable to...

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Pope Francis’ Outward-Looking Church, beyond the Italian exception

Perhaps a Pope coming from the ends of the world was needed to put an end to the so-called “Italian exception”. Id est, that privileged relationship between Italy and the Holy See that tightly linked...

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What if Pope Francis surprises us once more?

On July 1-4, another meeting of the Council of Cardinals appointed by Pope Francis to counsel him on the Curia reform and on the government of the universal Church will take place. It is an important...

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Pope Francis, between spin doctors and the Gospel

As the establishing of a Secretariat for Communication among the offices of the Roman Curia seems imminent, the closing of a missionary magazine has again led to questions about the very communication...

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Synod of bishops, the search for parish priests

Communicating the faith. This is the number one priority, as it is outlined in the “Instrumentum Laboris” of the next extraordinary synod on the family. Amid strong points of view, some of which can be...

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Pope Francis, the diplomacy of prayer and dialogue

The “nota verbale” (verbal note) sent by the Vatican’s Secretariat of State to all the ambassadors accredited to the Holy See represents Pope Francis’ most recent initiative to promote peace. It is...

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Pope Francis, looking back to the Second Vatican Council

There is a Council in the Pope’s mind. Not the Third Vatican Council, wished by many, especially within progressive circles. Rather, it is the Second Vatican Council, as it seems that Pope Francis is...

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Pope Francis: The “Trent Paradox”

Pope Francis will release today the document “Misera et misericordia,” an apostolic letter that closes the Extraordinary Year of Mercy. This letter might contain, according to rumors, an unexpected...

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