On October 6, marking the second anniversary of Hamas’ terrorist attack against Israel, the Secretary of State of the Holy See, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, gave an interview with the Vatican media. The Israeli Embassy to the Holy See responded with a harsh message on X: «The recent interview with Cardinal Parolin, though surely well-intentioned, risks […]
Holy See-China: pope Leo follows in the footsteps of Francis
The atmosphere during the Vatican delegation’s visit to China in September 2024 was positive. However, the results of the Chinese delegation’s recent three-day visit to Rome were problematic. Even the smallest steps forward seem impossible. The Vatican delegation, consisting of eight people like the Chinese delegation, had the impression that they were only working on […]
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. […]



