Andrea Gagliarducci, Author at Crux

A new procedure for bishops’ ad limina visits to Rome
- Catholic News Agency, Vatican
- June 14, 2017
The usual ad limina visit to Rome that bishops make every five years to meet the pope and share with them their issues and concerns have become increasingly less formal under the pontificate of Pope Francis who recently added an additional meeting with the heads of the Vatican dicasteries.
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South Korean president seeks pope’s support in reconciliation efforts
- Catholic News Agency, Global Church
- June 1, 2017
The president of the Korean Bishops’ Conference spoke to the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and briefly with Pope Francis to propose that the Holy See play an active role in the reconciliation in the Korean peninsula by encouraging North Korea to open its doors to the West.
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Cardinal Bertone talks about the third secret of Fatima
- Catholic News Agency, Pope in Fatima, Vatican
- May 13, 2017
The “third secret of Fatima” refers to a message during the apparitions predicting suffering and persecution of the Pope and the Church. Unlike the first two secrets – a vision of hell and a prediction of World War II – the third secret was not initially revealed by Sister Lucia, one of the three children Mary visited in 1917.
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In Rome, a new generation of Benedict XVI scholars is on the rise

The Ratzinger Foundation will provide courses for a group of graduate students to further their studies on the former Pope, cardinal, and theology professor. According to Pierluca Azzaro, who translated Ratzinger’s complete works into Italian, there is “increasing interest toward Joseph Ratzinger’s theology.”

Pope Francis to visit Rome’s Anglican community

Pope Francis will visit All Saints Anglican Church in Rome to mark the 200th anniversary of the foundation of the Anglican parish community in the heart of the Eternal City. The pope will take part in the blessing and dedication of an icon to celebrate the church’s anniversary.

What Egypt’s Catholic bishops said to Pope Francis

Coptic Catholic bishops invited Pope Francis to visit Egypt during their ad limina visit where they also gave a report on the state of the Church in their country. “Each of us was invited to freely speak about the situation in his diocese,” Bishop Emmanuel Bishay of Luxor said.