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The unsavory characters of the Vatican curia, Pope Leo XIV in Assisi: more of the same?, the ‘Da Pope’ beers, the anti-bullfighting in the audience, the decline of sacred music, fighting for the faith.

21 November, 2025 | SPECOLA

We start the day, it's Friday, the week is drawing to a close and the informative intensity remains. We start by thanking everyone who has cited this Specola for the scoop offered yesterday about the…

Leo XIV: Laudato si and appointments, commissariats without commissioner, the low level of the Vatican's documents, the carnage of abortion, destroy marriage, pray for Venezuela.

20 November, 2025

Leo XIV in Castelgandolfo: immigration, travels, Ukraine, Nigeria, abuses of the bishop of Cádiz, And Chiclayo?, promoting euthanasia, Trump and the Christian genocide, the forgotten monastic life.

19 November, 2025

Leo XIV on climate change, liturgy, diplomats and Spanish bishops in the Vatican; trans yes, but far away; the racket of the female diaconate, Italian bishops in Assisi, Tolentino and Rosalía, Barron and Müller, does the pontificate begin in January?

18 November, 2025

Leo XIV and poor jubilee of the poor, the house of Jazz, the poor according to Zuppi, the Queen of Palestine, generational change in the priesthood, between the past and the future.

17 November, 2025

The jubilee of the poor transgender, León XIV with the traditional rite?, Traditiones Custodes: ‘yes but no, no but yes’, United Nations asks for Catholic help, Vatican gift to Canada.

16 November, 2025

Leo XIV: "we need competent priests", the silent and hidden love, the Vatican "out of control", the AI of the witty ones, between Latins and prie-dieux, the Heralds break the silence, the European spies, the harassed priest, games and lies of bishops.

15 November, 2025

The necessary freedom of Pope Leo XIV, Nicaragua, the apostolate of the sea, the house of jazz, the impossible situation of Fernández in the Vatican, the North American bishops, to lose one's bearings, the last conclave.

14 November, 2025

The anguish of Pope Leo XIV, evaluation of a pontificate, we continue with the ‘Co-Redemptrix’, the case of the Heralds of the Gospel, consecrate USA to the Sacred Heart, the church of the global south, France returns to the path, kiss the cassock.

13 November, 2025

Waiting for the beginning of the pontificate of Leo XIV, internet and the additions, the Co-Redemptrix and the inverted analogy, pastoral synodality, the «Görresians», not in my name, the disoriented Europe, Church, where are you going?

12 November, 2025

The times of Leo XIV, the missionary ferment, goings-on in the Basilica, the mess of the doctrine of the faith, the dwarfs of McElroy, the bishop of Cádiz, reparation to the Co-Redemptrix.

11 November, 2025