Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia Archives

Pope Francis reboots the John Paul II institute on marriage and family

September 19, 2017

Pope Francis on Tuesday decided to reboot one of the signature institutions of the St. Pope John Paul II era in Catholicism, the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family. From now on it will be a theological institute, with the mandate of exploring the “lights and shadows” of family life with “realism” and “love,” while also staying faithful to the Church’s teaching.

Romero centennial prompts us to look at 100 years that marked the Church

Romero’s centennial coincides with the 100th anniversary of the Marian apparitions at Fatima, and it is useful to take Fatima as a guidepost to situate Romero’s life in the life of the Church. Indeed, the major thematic set points in the Fatima message – the world’s wars and the church’s sufferings in these conflicts – would define Romero’s life.

Pope names Academy for Life governing council
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- August 7, 2017
The Vatican announced August 5 the scholars who would comprise the governing council of the Pontifical Academy for Life. Last November, Francis issued new statutes for the pontifical academy to widen the scope of its activity and research on life issues.
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No, Virginia, there’s no ‘secret commission’ on Humanae Vitae
- Commentary, Vatican
- July 27, 2017
Rumors of late, circulated by mostly conservative blogs, have suggested that Pope Francis and Italian Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia have created a secret commission to reevaluate the teaching of ‘Humanae Vitae,’ Pope Paul VI’s 1968 encyclical on birth control. As it turns out, establishing the truth of the matter is even easier than generating the conspiracy theory in the first place.
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Head of Vatican’s Academy of Life: Dialogue is love, not compromise
- Interviews
- July 19, 2017
In an interview, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia explains the Vatican’s Academy for Life’s new strategy and vision and the important role non-Catholic members could play in promoting them. The archbishop wants the academy to aim to be missionary in outlook, seeking to tackle what he calls “the great frontiers of life” in collaboration with believers of other churches and faiths as well as non-believers.
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