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Tag Archives: Andrea Tornielli
One of the aims of reform of the Roman Curia – weaken it.
One of the things I have been saying all along is one aim during the present pontificate is the reduction of the number of Cardinal Prefects and Presidents (and therefore Archbishop Secretaries) in dicasteries of the Roman Curia. Put several … Read More
Posted in The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Andrea Tornielli, Card. Rodriguez Maradiaga, Roman Curia
23 Comments
23 Comments
Tornielli calls into question accuracy of Pope Francis’ interview. Fr. Z asks a serious question.
Andrea Tornielli has a piece today at Sacri Palazzi wherein he calls into question the veracity of Scalfari’s account of the interview with Pope Francis. I don’t have time to translate the whole thing for you at the moment, since … Read More
Posted in Francis, I'm just askin'...
Tagged Andrea Tornielli, Eugenio Scalfari, interview, La Repubblica, Pope Francis
47 Comments
47 Comments
The Vatican Document Leaks – The Butler Did it!?
From the intrepid Andrea Tornielli of La Stampa: 05/25/2012 Vatican announces it has caught poison pen letter writer The culprit is allegedly the Pope’s butler, a layman. But doubts are growing in the Holy See ANDREA TORNIELLI vatican city The … Read More
Posted in The Drill, Throwing a Nutty
Tagged Andrea Tornielli, Butler, Fishwrap, Vatileaks
8 Comments
8 Comments
Has SSPX Bp. Fellay SIGNED the CDF’s “Doctrinal Preamble”? Tornielli says yes!
I have read Andrea Tornielli’s report on Vatican Insider that SSPX Bp. Fellay as SIGNED the CDF’s “Doctrinal Preamble”. Italian HERE. Il superiore della Fraternità San Pio X ha sottoscritto il preambolo dottrinale proposto dalla Santa Sede, anche se con … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Andrea Tornielli, Bp. Fellay, CDF, Doctrinal Preamble, SSPX, Veuve Clicquot
91 Comments
91 Comments
SSPX options and the Pope of Christian Unity
Benedict XVI is the Pope of Christian Unity. From the intrepid Andrea Tornielli’s Vatican Insider of the Italian daily La Stampa. My emphases and comments. The Superior General of the Society of St. Pius X writes to his priests: “We are waiting, … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, Pope of Christian Unity
Tagged Andrea Tornielli, Benedict XVI, Bp. Fellay, Pope of Christian Unity, SSPX
51 Comments
51 Comments
New architecture and music “team” at the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship?
From the intrepid Andrea Tornielli of Vatican Insider. Not my translation, but my emphases and comments: New Vatican commission cracks down on church architecture The new commission will be established shortly, as part of the Congregation for Divine Worship. It … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Andrea Tornielli, architecture., ars celebrandi, Card. Cañizares Llovera, CDW, Say The Black - Do The Red
18 Comments
18 Comments
A monastic Mass broadcast. Vocations without hijinx ensue.
Andrea Tornielli passed this along from Vatican Insider of La Stampa. It is in Italian but here is the general line. The director of Tv2000, the television broadcast of the Italian Bishops Conference, transmitted a Mass from the Benedictine monastery … Read More
Card. Bertone offers up more about the Third Secret of Fatima
Andrea Tornielli has a piece about interviews given by His Eminence Tarcisio Card. Bertone in the days surrounding the beatification of Pope John Paul II during which the topic of the “third secret” of Fatima was brushed up. At the … Read More
Posted in Linking Back
Tagged Andrea Tornielli, Card. Bertone, Fatima, Fourth Secret, Sr. Lucia, third secret
59 Comments
59 Comments
An Italian lesson in how to override the Pope
An unhappy story of a Diocese in Italy where, apparently, local authorities believe they have the right to override the Pope’s legislation for the whole Latin Church. The intrepid Italian Vatican watcher Andrea Tornielli reports that in a small town … Read More
Cong. for Divine Worship… but no longer Discipline of the Sacraments?
The intrepid Andrea Tornielli is reporting that, well… here it is in my quick translation: In the next weeks there will be published a document of Benedict XVI which will reorganize the competences of the Congregation for Divine Worship entrusting … Read More
Posted in The Drill
Tagged Andrea Tornielli, Congregation for Divine Worship, ratum non consummatum, Roman Rota
13 Comments
13 Comments
