VATICAN CITY // According to one of the most authoritative lay voices, the Catholic Church stands at a crossroads, marked by unprecedented polarization and internal debate in the wake of Pope Francis’ death.
That is the take Gian Maria Vian — historian, journalist, and former director of the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano — offered in a candid and critical interview with the Chilean daily La Tercera.
Vian is a leading Vatican expert, having directed L’Osservatore Romano for over a decade (2007–2018), providing him with a unique vantage point on papal leadership and the inner workings of the Holy See. Notably, it was Pope Francis himself who requested Vian’s resignation, a move that Vian now describes as fortuitous, given subsequent changes that reduced the newspaper’s autonomy.
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