Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta, Assistant Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Vatican’s Economic Reform Has Just Begun: ZENIT’s Translation of Pope’s Letter into English

The Holy Father acknowledges in the letter Cardinal George Pell’s role; he explains that it’s not to be reforming in order to seem that things are different, and he explains in what the Church’s service consists and the virtues of loyalty and prudence in the management of the Holy See’s patrimony. He also talks about the path and spirit that have inspired the reforms in the Vatican’s economy.

Five Hours with the Pope in the Vatican and “It Wasn’t to Pull Ears”: Thus Was the Meeting with the Entire Spanish Episcopate

The long conversation with Pope Francis, which lasted over two hours, focused on the Seminaries. Topics addressed, among others, were formation in the Seminaries, the pastoral experience of seminarians, and the importance of the different dimensions of formation: pastoral, spiritual, theological, human, etc.