Articles by Andrea Gagliarducci
Economy secretariat advances financial transparency at the Vatican
Nov 6, 2014 / 21:51 pmThe Vatican's new financial management policies focused on accountability are described in a handbook delivered by the Secretariat for the Economy last week, an internal bulletin of the secretariat announced on Wednesday.
A quiet threat: Religious freedom dwindling in Europe, US
Nov 4, 2014 / 16:24 pmReligious freedom is at risk in Europe and has been increasingly suppressed in the United States over the course of the past year, according to a new report.
Italian diocese laments suicide of priest who admitted abuse
Oct 29, 2014 / 23:03 pmThe Diocese of Trieste has announced “with a spirit full of sorrow and dismay” that one of its priests, who had recently admitted to sexual abuse of a minor female, committed suicide on Tuesday.
200,000 activists tell Europe: stand up for persecuted Christians
Oct 20, 2014 / 15:26 pmMore than 200,000 people have signed a petition asking European leaders to offer “real help” for persecuted Christians and other religious minorities around the world.
A Middle East without Christians - cardinals consider sad prospect
Oct 20, 2014 / 09:41 amMonday's consistory of cardinals focused on the plight of Christians in the Middle East, especially in light of the rise of the Islamic State, and it also decided on two causes for canonization.
Blessed Paul VI, the Pope who led the Church's barque in troubled waters
Oct 19, 2014 / 18:27 pmBl. Paul VI was the first 'modern man' to be elected Bishop of Rome, and he put the Church in conversation with the world in order to build a dialogue of salvation, a cardinal who was one of Montini's collaborators said.
A missionary Pope: Cardinal Etchegaray's memory of Paul VI
Oct 18, 2014 / 14:57 pmPaul VI was a missionary Pope who wished to bring the light of the Gospel all over the world, a cardinal who worked with the late Roman Pontiff, who will be beatified on Sunday, has recalled.
'Justice and mercy cannot be separated': Three synod proposals emerge
Oct 9, 2014 / 16:09 pmAs three proposals emerged from the synod of bishops to reform the process of marriage annulment, a participant in the synod has stressed that a narrative putting justice on one side, and mercy on the other, “is not a good way to speak about the issue.”
Vatican to the world: Displaced immigrants deserve your attention
Oct 8, 2014 / 23:50 pmNoting an alarming increase in forcibly-displaced migrants around the world, the Holy See has asked the United Nations to take a more proactive role in working to prevent displacements.
Pope's concern for Christians in Middle East emerges at family synod
Oct 7, 2014 / 09:32 amIn an unexpected move, Pope Francis added to the schedule of the upcoming consistory for the causes of saints a discussion on the situation of Christians in the Middle East, the Holy See spokesman announced Tuesday.
Family needed today as much as ever, synod official emphasizes
Oct 6, 2014 / 16:34 pmThe family is not an outdated model, and Catholics should defend it from the sins that call into question and often destroy the traditional family, the general rapporteur of the Synod of Bishops said Monday.
Benedict could attend Paul VI beatification, spokesman reveals
Oct 6, 2014 / 13:22 pmRetired pontiff Benedict XVI may take part to Paul VI's beatification Mass Oct. 19, revealed Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Holy See Press Office.
Vatican advocates sweeping protocol for Middle East peace
Oct 4, 2014 / 15:23 pmVatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin is urging a comprehensive road map for peace in Middle East during meetings between the region's papal nuncio top officials in his office.
'There is no authentic and true pastoral care against doctrine'
Oct 3, 2014 / 01:15 amDespite media expectations for the upcoming synod of bishops, Pope Francis will make his final decisions in his legitimate role as Pope, and will certainly carry forward a line of renewal in continuity, an archbishop and historian has said.
Cardinal Pell's secretariat continues economic reform at the Vatican
Oct 2, 2014 / 01:04 amThe Secretariat for the Economy is developing a financial management manual which is to be the basis of budgeting and accounting operations in 2015 for Vatican agencies.
Vatican media reform committee to make first proposals by Easter
Oct 1, 2014 / 15:01 pmHaving met for the first time last week, the committee to reform the Vatican's media and communications will continue to formulate its proposals, being able to present them by Easter of 2015.
Apostolic nuncios to Middle East will discuss aid, response to terrorists
Oct 1, 2014 / 09:52 amPope Francis and Vatican officials are due to meet this week with the nuncios to seven Middle Eastern nations to discuss responses to the Islamic State, and in particular how to provide humanitarian aid to displaced persons.
First woman appointed to a Vatican congregation joyful
Sep 30, 2014 / 01:04 amThe first woman ever to be appointed a member of a Vatican congregation explains that “women still have much to give to the Church with their personal charisma.”
Catholic Church the only body 'effectively acting to eradicate pedophilia'
Sep 29, 2014 / 09:43 amA former Vatican spokesman has written, against the backdrop of the house arrest of a former nuncio being investigated for abuse of minors, that the Church is the only international body acting effectively against pedophilia.
Francis highlights link between faith, God's word, biblical scholar says
Sep 25, 2014 / 23:03 pmIn a recent speech to the Italian Biblical Association, Pope Francis did not disclaim biblical studies but rather stressed the relation between faith and the scriptures, according to the group's secretary.