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At first glance, the Pope's discourse appears impeccable. But a closer reading reveals a troubling shift in priorities that deserves careful attention.
Unpublished audio recordings of the apostolic commissioner of the Sodalicio reveal the logic with which part of the Roman apparatus continues to manage sexual abuse: the institutional priority of the Church above the victims. Bertomeu himself goes so far as to compare this principle with «the law of the Third Reich».
Unpublished audio recordings of Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu, an official at the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and one of the principal investigators of sexual abuse cases within the Church, reveal how part of the Roman apparatus continues to manage these cases.
The financial scandal surrounding the Sloane Avenue building in London has placed the Vatican in a compromised position. But the problem is no longer solely the controversial real estate deal that cost the Holy See hundreds of millions of euros, but rather the possibility that the Vatican itself is actively weakening the judicial proceedings it has pursued for years to prosecute those responsible.
The so-called transalpine redemptorists—known as Transalpine Redemptorists—are a traditionally-minded community that, after an initial period in the orbit of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X, was regularized during the pontificate of Benedict XVI and incardinated in a diocese in New Zealand. At that moment they accepted an interpretation of the Second Vatican Council in light of Tradition and compatible with their charism. Their austere life and strict liturgical sensibility had not prevented them from remaining within the ecclesial structure. Until now. A disciplinary intervention motivated by internal denunciations, pointing to extreme practices in communal life, has precipitated an abrupt shift also on the doctrinal plane.
The Vatican is preparing to declare a schism if the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X (FSSPX) consecrates new bishops without pontifical mandate on July 1st in Écône. The prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, already has a decree ready to respond to this scenario, while Rome also organizes a pastoral response to welcome those who abandon the Fraternity.
A formal complaint against Bishop Antonio Santarsiero Rosa was filed at the Apostolic Nunciature in Lima on March 26, 2026, yet the victims have received no acknowledgment from ecclesiastical authorities.
No, there is no "communion" between Christians and Muslims
There are words that in politics serve to embellish a discourse, but in the mouth of a pope or pontifical account cannot be used as if they were modeling clay. «Communion» is one of them.
The scandal involving former Jesuit Marko Rupnik continues to grow without clearing up key uncertainties. Far from moving toward a clear resolution, the case appears increasingly surrounded by silence, opacity and lack of official information, even under the current pontificate, according to Il Messaggero.
The second Sunday of Easter, known today as Divine Mercy Sunday, is not a celebration that arose simply through liturgical development, but rather the fruit of a concrete request from Christ to Sister Faustina Kowalska, which in time was embraced by the entire Church.
