Pope Leo and the Vatican Secretariat of State

Yesterday, Thursday 5 June, Pope Leo XIV met with the staff of the Secretariat of State of the Holy See. Marked out by a cordial and grateful atmosphere, this was perhaps the first programmatic act of the new pontificate. The reform of the Vatican Curia launched by Pope Francis has remained suspended, mainly due to […]

On the Papacy: Resignations and the Impediment of the Holy See

Garaldina Boni, a professor of canon law at the University of Bologna, along with a group of canonists, has developed two legislative proposals addressing the issues of papal resignation and the situation of a pope’s total impediment. These proposals were presented at a conference in Turin in October 2022 and are available on the website www.progettocanonicosederomana.it. […]