Dr. Francesca Immacolata Chaouqui, involved in Vatileaks 2 with Spanish monsignor Lucio Angel Vallejo Balda, is released from prison.

The Vatican Gendarmerie has arrested a Spanish monsignor working in the Roman Curia and an Italian lay woman for their alleged roles in leaking confidential and reserved information.

The simple and profoundly moving ceremony took place at five o’clock Saturday evening, Oct. 31, in the chapel of Santa Marta.

“Pope Francis is a fascinating combination of a man in a hurry and a man who takes his time.”

‘Today is a time of mercy!” This was the parting message Pope Francis gave to the 270 synod fathers from some 120 countries at the closing Mass for the meeting of the Synod of Bishops on the family in St Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 25.He has made this same declaration several times si

Asked when the document might appear, Cardinal Parolin responded, “I don’t think it will be long. After all, it’s best to strike while the iron’s hot.”

“We are not only a teaching church but we are also a discerning church.”

Pope Francis has again surprised the Italian church by appointing as archbishops of Bologna and Palermo two pastors that have “the smell of the sheep.”

“What we have lived through is a great reason for every Catholic to rejoice in the charism and the grace that is given to the Bishop of Rome.”

The pope has introduced “a far more open approach to addressing pastoral issues."