Articles by Andrea Gagliarducci
Italian bishops' television pulls invite to trans-sexual activist
Nov 11, 2014 / 12:47 pmFollowing protests from viewers, the Italian bishops' conference-run TV station has withdrawn an invitation to a popular Italian trans-sexual and LGBT activist to take part in its prime-time show.
With new team, Vatican ups efforts to fight clerical sex abuse
Nov 11, 2014 / 11:10 amPope Francis established on Tuesday a new judicial body within the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith with responsibility for dealing with clerical sex abuse, thus confirming the Holy See’s continuing response to the crisis.
Visible unity of Christians, a need for a troubled world, says Pope
Nov 11, 2014 / 00:08 amTo act and speak as brothers, despite different confessions, in order to respond to current issue: this is the mission Pope Francis entrusted to the bishop-friends of the Focolare Movement on Friday.
Top Vatican jobs: The 'Francis effect' on the Roman Curia
Nov 10, 2014 / 17:03 pmThe latest round of major appointments to top positions in the Vatican hierarchy shows that change is afoot as Pope Francis puts his stamp on the Roman Curia.
Cardinal Scola: Universities can play crucial role in family synod
Nov 9, 2014 / 16:37 pmCardinal Angelo Scola holds that pontifical universities are the ideal place where issues at stake in the Synod of Bishops – which will discuss families next autumn – can be more deeply understood and developed.
Save Catholic clinics in Africa – they may be the only ones to fight Ebola
Nov 7, 2014 / 02:06 amCaritas officials have urged that in facing the Ebola outbreak in west Africa, efforts should be focused on keeping Catholic clinics open because they are the best-equipped in the region.
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.