National Catholic Register, Andrea Gagliarducci:
During the month of July, Pope Francis was not expected to have audiences, with some exceptions. But, in the last part of the month, he had meetings with young pilgrims who passed through Rome before going to World Youth Day.
Msgr. Leonardo Sapienza, the regent of the Papal Household, who in recent years has always been a faithful guardian of every meeting of Pope Francis, was not present at these meetings.
Msgr. Sapienza was not there because he was rightfully on vacation, knowing that the Pope would not hold audiences. But the fact that Pope Francis has decided to keep audiences anyway, without communicating it, also has a meaning. It means that the Pope is saying that he can manage things independently, without guardians. Continue reading here.
