The First Signs of a New Papal Order
Something significant is happening in Rome — and most people have not noticed it yet. Pope Leo XIV has begun quietly reshaping the machinery of Vatican governance. The appointment of Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia as nuncio to the United States, the replacement of Fr Daniel Pellizzon in the papal household, and the reported appointment of Swiss Guard Lieutenant Anton Kappler as assistant of the chamber are not isolated personnel changes. Together they signal something much larger. After years of turbulence under the pontificate of Pope Francis, Leo XIV appears to be restoring institutional order at the centre of the Church. The papal household is being reorganised. The diplomatic corps is being recalibrated. The networks that surrounded the previous pontificate are gradually giving way to a more disciplined and traditional structure of governance. In my latest article for Catholic Unscripted I examine what these appointments mean, why they matter for the Church in the Un...