Articles by Andrea Gagliarducci
The leader of Afghanistan’s Catholic community longs to return to the country
Nov 29, 2021 / 08:00 am‘I would not have left the country while even a single sheep was left of my little flock.’
Here’s what Italy’s Cardinal Zuppi said at the launch of a book on the papacy’s future
Nov 25, 2021 / 11:00 amMany see Zuppi as a possible ‘papabile’ in a future conclave.
Is Pope Francis’ pragmatic approach creating a crisis for canon law?
Nov 19, 2021 / 03:00 amA new book claims that the Church’s legal framework is being thrown into confusion.
Vatican finance trial: What’s happened so far and where is it heading?
Nov 17, 2021 / 01:00 amThe Vatican’s ‘trial of the century’ is due to resume today.
How Vatican City State’s government is changing under Pope Francis
Nov 9, 2021 / 03:00 amThe appointment of Sr. Raffaella Petrini is a sign.
Vatican cites Pope Francis’ condemnations of gender ideology in letter to pro-life association
Oct 28, 2021 / 06:00 amThe letter was released shortly before the Italian senate blocked a controversial ‘anti-homophobia’ bill.
The Vatican strengthens ties with the world’s oldest Christian nation
Oct 20, 2021 / 02:00 amA week of high-level meetings has brought the Holy See and Armenia ever closer.
President Biden expected to meet Pope Francis at end of October, sources say
Sep 28, 2021 / 11:40 amIt would be the U.S. president’s first official visit to the Vatican since his inauguration.
Who is going to be No. 2 in the Vatican City State administration?
Sep 28, 2021 / 04:00 amThere are signs that it could be a layman.
Pope Francis visits former ‘Bronx of Slovakia’ transformed by Mother Teresa’s nuns
Sep 13, 2021 / 09:00 amThe pope toured the Bethlehem Center, which has helped the homeless since 1997.
Jan Figel: ‘It’s a pity there is no EU religious freedom envoy anymore’
Sep 10, 2021 / 04:15 amThe Slovakian politician was the first person to hold the post.
Catholic bishop: Slovakia has changed profoundly since last papal visit
Sep 9, 2021 / 07:00 amThe last pope to visit Slovakia was St. John Paul II in 2003.
Ambassador: Pope Francis’ visit to Slovakia is ‘a historic moment’
Sep 8, 2021 / 02:00 amThe pope will visit the central European nation on Sept. 12-15.
Analysis: What's behind rumors that Pope Francis will resign?
Aug 30, 2021 / 00:00 amAccording to an Argentine priest who has known Pope Francis since his days in Buenos Aires, "there is only one reason why Pope Francis would resign: so that he can influence the process to choose his successor."
Expert’s latest investigation dispels myths about Pius XII and Rome's Jews
Aug 29, 2021 / 07:54 amPope Pius XII was not silent in front of the Shoah nor inactive. He was, instead, very much committed to saving Jewish families, spoke out constantly against the Nazi Regime, and set up a series of formal and informal initiatives that show that he was anything but "Hitler's Pope."
What happens when the pope receives a head of state?
Aug 27, 2021 / 07:00 amThere is a remarkable amount of hidden choreography behind the scenes.
US troop withdrawal poses new challenges to Afghanistan’s Christians
Aug 3, 2021 / 04:30 amThe Catholic community will not leave unless it is ‘obliged to.’
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The increasing influence of the liturgical school Sant’Anselmo in the Vatican
Jul 22, 2021 / 11:10 amThe new secretary and undersecretary of the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship both have studied at the Pontificio Ateneo Sant'Anselmo, an institute in Rome whose school of liturgy has had increasing influence in liturgical norms coming from the Vatican.
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Could Hungary find an unexpected ally in the Holy See?
Jul 10, 2021 / 02:00 amThe country is under fire for a new law touching on homosexuality.
In London deal indictment, what is missing has a meaning, too
Jul 7, 2021 / 20:19 pmThe unprecedented indictment of a cardinal and nine people in the so-called Vatican-London deal is noteworthy as much for what is missing in it as for what it contains.