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L'Osservatore Romano

L'Osservatore Romano (Italian: [losservaˈtoːre roˈmaːno], 'The Roman Observer') is the daily newspaper of Vatican City State which reports on the activities of the Holy See and events taking place in the Catholic Church and the world.[1][2] It is owned by the Holy See but is not an official publication, a role reserved for the Acta Apostolicae Sedis, which acts as a government gazette.[3][4][2] The views expressed in the Osservatore are those of individual authors unless they appear under the specific titles "Nostre Informazioni" or "Santa Sede".[5][6]

L'Osservatore Romano
Unicuique suum - Non prevalebunt
TypeDaily in Italian
Weekly in other languages
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)The Holy See
EditorAndrea Monda
Founded1 July 1861 (162 years old)
Political alignmentRoman Catholic Church
HeadquartersVia del Pellegrino - 00120
Vatican City
ISSN0391-688X
Websiteosservatoreromano.va

Available in nine languages, the paper prints two Latin mottos under the masthead of each edition: Unicuique suum ("To each his own") and Non praevalebunt ("[The gates of Hell] shall not prevail").[a] The current editor-in-chief is Andrea Monda.

Editions edit

L'Osservatore Romano is published in eight different languages (listed by date of first publication):[7]

The daily Italian edition of L'Osservatore Romano is published in the afternoon, but with a cover date of the following day, a convention that sometimes results in confusion.[3] The weekly English edition is distributed in more than 129 countries, including both English-speaking countries and locales where English is used as the general means of communication.[7]

L'Osservatore della Domenica edit

L'Osservatore della Domenica is a weekly publication in Vatican City. It is the Sunday supplement to the L'Osservatore Romano. Founded in 1934, an illustrated weekly was published with the title L'Osservatore romano della Domenica (since 1951 L'Osservatore della Domenica). In 1979 it was reduced to a Sunday supplement.[9]

L'Osservatore di Strada edit

Since 29 June 2022, another edition of L'Osservatore Romano is published: L'Osservatore di Strada. It is published the first Sunday of every month.[10][11] On 29 June 2022, its first print publication was distributed to those present at Saint Peter's Square. On the same day, at the end of the Pope's service, the Pope made a remark at the end of his marian prayer praising the newspaper.[12][13]

History edit

 
Under Pope Leo XIII, the Holy See acquired ownership of L'Osservatore in 1885.

19th century edit

 
Giornale di Roma (27 November 1852)
 
L'Osservatore Romano: front page of 15 May 1891, publishing the encyclical Rerum Novarum of Pope Leo XIII.

The first issue of L'Osservatore Romano was published in Rome on 1 July 1861, a few months after the Kingdom of Italy was proclaimed on 17 March 1861.[7] The original intent of the newspaper was unabashedly polemical and propagandistic in defence of the Papal States, adopting the name of a private pamphlet financed by a French Catholic legitimist group.[7] The 18 September 1860 defeat of papal troops at Castelfidardo substantially reduced the temporal power of the Pope, prompting Catholic intellectuals to present themselves in Rome for the service of Pope Pius IX.[7] This agenda supported the notion of a daily publication to champion the opinions of the Holy See.[7]

By July 1860, the deputy Minister of the Interior, Marcantonio Pacelli (grandfather of the future Pope Pius XII), had plans to supplement the official bulletin of the Catholic Church Giornale di Roma with a semi-official "rhetorical" publication. In early 1861, controversialist Nicola Zanchini and journalist Giuseppe Bastia were granted editorial direction of Pacelli's newspaper. Official permission to publish was sought on 22 June 1861, and four days later, on 26 June, Pius IX gave his approval for the regulation of L'Osservatore.[7]

The first edition was entitled "L'Osservatore Romano – a political and moral paper" and cost five baiocchi. The "political and moral paper" epithet was dropped before 1862, adding instead the two Latin mottoes that still appear under the masthead today.[7]

After the breach of Porta Pia by Italian troops in September 1870, L'Osservatore Romano solidified its opposition to the Kingdom of Italy, affirming obedience to the Pope and adherence to his directives, stating it would remain faithful "to that unchangeable principle of religion and morals which recognises as its sole depository and claimant the Vicar of Jesus Christ on earth".[7]

20th century edit

 
L'Osservatore Romano cover (19 August 2015)

The Osservatore continued to be published as a newspaper in Vatican City, but in 1904, Acta Sanctae Sedis, which had existed since 1865, was declared the formal organ of the Holy See in that all documents printed in it were considered "authentic and official".[14] Acta Sanctae Sedis ceased publication four years later and on 29 September 1908 Acta Apostolicae Sedis became the official publication of the Holy See.[15]

The English weekly edition was first published on 4 April 1968.[7] On 7 January 1998, that edition became the first to be printed outside of Rome, when for North American subscribers, it began to be printed in Baltimore.[16] The edition was printed by the Cathedral Foundation, publishers of The Catholic Review.[16]

21st century edit

As of 1 July 2011, the English language edition of the L'Osservatore Romano for North American subscribers is once again published in Rome.[17]

In the 21st century, the paper has taken a more objective and subdued stance than at the time of its foundation, priding itself in "presenting the genuine face of the church and the ideals of freedom", following the statement by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone in an October 2006 speech inaugurating a new exhibit dedicated to the founding and history of the newspaper.[18] He further described the publication as "an instrument for spreading the teachings of the successor of Peter and for information about church events".[18]

On 27 June 2015, Pope Francis, in an apostolic letter, established the Secretariat for Communications, a new part of the Roman Curia, and included L'Osservatore Romano under its management.[19][20]

Relation with the Magisterium edit

It is a common error to assume that the contents of the L'Osservatore Romano represent the views of the Magisterium, or the official position of the Holy See. In general, this is not the case, and the only parts of the Osservatore which represent the views of the Holy See are those that appear under the titles "Nostre Informazioni" or "Santa Sede".[5][6] At times the Magisterium disputes the contents of the Osservatore, e.g. a 2008 article expressed the desire that the debate on brain death be re‑opened because of new developments in the medical world. An official spokesman said that the article presented a personal opinion of the author and "did not reflect a change in the Catholic Church's position".[21]

Leadership edit

Editors-in-chief[7]
  • Nicola Zanchini and Giuseppe Bastia (1861–1866)
  • Augusto Baviera (1866–1884)
  • Cesare Crispolti (1884–1890)
  • Giovan Battista Casoni (1890–1900)
  • Giuseppe Angelini (1900–1919)
  • Giuseppe Dalla Torre di Sanguinetto (1920–1960)
  • Raimondo Manzini (1960–1978)
  • Valerio Volpini (1978–1984)
  • Mario Agnes (1984–2007)
  • Giovanni Maria Vian (2007–2018)[22]
  • Andrea Monda (2018–present)[22]

Notes edit

  1. ^ From Matthew 16:18: Et ego dico tibi quia tu es Petrus et super hanc petram aedificabo ecclesiam meam et portae inferi non praevalebunt adversum eam (Latin Vulgate)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Vatican City. "Osservatore Romano". Vatican City State. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  2. ^ a b John Hooper, "Behind the scenes at the pope's newspaper" in The Guardian, 20 July 2009
  3. ^ a b . Catholic World News. Trinity Publications. Archived from the original on 15 March 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  4. ^ Burkle-Young, Francis A. (2000). Papal Elections in the Age of Transition, 1878-1922. Lexington Books. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-73910114-8.
  5. ^ a b Matthew Bunson, The Pope Encyclopedia, Crown Publishing, 1995, p. 229.
  6. ^ a b Philippe Levillain, The Papacy: An Encyclopedia, Routledge Publishers, 2002, p. 1082
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "The origins of "L'Osservatore Romano"". L'Osservatore Romano. Retrieved 8 February 2008.
  8. ^ "L'Osservatore Romano to be published in India". Catholic News Agency. 2 April 2007. Retrieved 8 February 2008.
  9. ^ "L'Osservatore Romano", Treccani
  10. ^ "Nasce L'Osservatore di strada, il mensile che dà voce agli scartati". Vatican News (in Italian). 24 June 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  11. ^ "L'Osservatore di Strada – Comunicato". press.vatican.va. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  12. ^ di Luca, Bernardo (29 June 2022). "Distribuyen primer ejemplar de nuevo periódico del Vaticano: L'Osservatore di Strada". Zenit News Agency (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  13. ^ Capelli, Benedetta (29 June 2022). "Il Papa: l'Osservatore di strada, gli ultimi i veri protagonisti". Vatican News (in Italian). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  14. ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Acta Sanctæ Sedis" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  15. ^ Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ISBN 978-0-19-280290-3, article Acta Apostolicae Sedis
  16. ^ a b Stiehm, Jamie (13 January 1998). . The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 18 September 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2011. For the first time, the Vatican newspaper's presses are rolling outside of Rome—and beginning operations in Baltimore. ... The newspaper's Jan. 7 issue, the first printed here, was sent to 2,500 subscribers in the United States by the Cathedral Foundation, the center of Catholic church works in Baltimore. ... Now, nearly two centuries later, Internet technology is being used to deliver the pope's official publication faster to American readers. Making all the logistical arrangements to publish the Vatican newspaper—also technically a government document—in Baltimore was a yearlong project...The weekly, in the format of a 12‑page tabloid, is scheduled to be printed and mailed every Wednesday, reaching North American readers more rapidly than it previously did by air or ship from Rome.
  17. ^ "Notice to our subscribers in the U.S. and in Canada". L'Osservatore Romano. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
  18. ^ a b Glatz, Carol (27 October 2006). "L'Osservatore Romano: 145 years as 'genuine face of the church'". Vatican Letter. Catholic News Service. Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2008.
  19. ^ Pope Francis (27 June 2015). "Apostolic Letter Issued Motu Proprio by the Supreme Pontiff Francis for the Establishment of the Secretariat for Communication". Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  20. ^ McElwee, Joshua (27 June 2015). "Francis creates Secretariat to elevate, consolidate Vatican communications". La Stampa. Vatican Insider. National Catholic Reporter. from the original on 16 May 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  21. ^ Wooden, Cindy (30 September 2008). "Vatican newspaper says new questions raised about brain death". Catholic News Service. Archived from the original on 9 September 2008. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  22. ^ a b Glatz, Carol (18 December 2018). . National Catholic Reporter. Catholic News Service. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2018.

Further reading edit

  • Merrill, John C.; Fisher, Harold A. (1980). The world's great dailies: profiles of fifty newspapers. Communication arts books. Hastings House. pp. 230–37. ISBN 9780803880955.
  • . Archived from the original on 18 January 2000.

External links edit

  • Official website
    • L'Osservatore della Domenica section
    • L'Osservatore di Strada section

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L Osservatore Romano Italian losservaˈtoːre roˈmaːno The Roman Observer is the daily newspaper of Vatican City State which reports on the activities of the Holy See and events taking place in the Catholic Church and the world 1 2 It is owned by the Holy See but is not an official publication a role reserved for the Acta Apostolicae Sedis which acts as a government gazette 3 4 2 The views expressed in the Osservatore are those of individual authors unless they appear under the specific titles Nostre Informazioni or Santa Sede 5 6 L Osservatore RomanoUnicuique suum Non prevalebuntTypeDaily in ItalianWeekly in other languagesFormatBroadsheetOwner s The Holy SeeEditorAndrea MondaFounded1 July 1861 162 years old Political alignmentRoman Catholic ChurchHeadquartersVia del Pellegrino 00120Vatican CityISSN0391 688XWebsiteosservatoreromano vaAvailable in nine languages the paper prints two Latin mottos under the masthead of each edition Unicuique suum To each his own and Non praevalebunt The gates of Hell shall not prevail a The current editor in chief is Andrea Monda Contents 1 Editions 1 1 L Osservatore della Domenica 1 2 L Osservatore di Strada 2 History 2 1 19th century 2 2 20th century 2 3 21st century 3 Relation with the Magisterium 4 Leadership 5 Notes 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External linksEditions editL Osservatore Romano is published in eight different languages listed by date of first publication 7 Daily and weekly in Italian 1861 1950 Weekly in French 1949 Weekly in English 1968 Weekly in Spanish 1969 Weekly in Portuguese 1970 Weekly in German 1971 Monthly in Polish 1980 Weekly in Malayalam 2007 8 The daily Italian edition of L Osservatore Romano is published in the afternoon but with a cover date of the following day a convention that sometimes results in confusion 3 The weekly English edition is distributed in more than 129 countries including both English speaking countries and locales where English is used as the general means of communication 7 L Osservatore della Domenica edit L Osservatore della Domenica is a weekly publication in Vatican City It is the Sunday supplement to the L Osservatore Romano Founded in 1934 an illustrated weekly was published with the title L Osservatore romano della Domenica since 1951 L Osservatore della Domenica In 1979 it was reduced to a Sunday supplement 9 L Osservatore di Strada edit Since 29 June 2022 another edition of L Osservatore Romano is published L Osservatore di Strada It is published the first Sunday of every month 10 11 On 29 June 2022 its first print publication was distributed to those present at Saint Peter s Square On the same day at the end of the Pope s service the Pope made a remark at the end of his marian prayer praising the newspaper 12 13 History edit nbsp Under Pope Leo XIII the Holy See acquired ownership of L Osservatore in 1885 19th century edit nbsp Giornale di Roma 27 November 1852 nbsp L Osservatore Romano front page of 15 May 1891 publishing the encyclical Rerum Novarum of Pope Leo XIII The first issue of L Osservatore Romano was published in Rome on 1 July 1861 a few months after the Kingdom of Italy was proclaimed on 17 March 1861 7 The original intent of the newspaper was unabashedly polemical and propagandistic in defence of the Papal States adopting the name of a private pamphlet financed by a French Catholic legitimist group 7 The 18 September 1860 defeat of papal troops at Castelfidardo substantially reduced the temporal power of the Pope prompting Catholic intellectuals to present themselves in Rome for the service of Pope Pius IX 7 This agenda supported the notion of a daily publication to champion the opinions of the Holy See 7 By July 1860 the deputy Minister of the Interior Marcantonio Pacelli grandfather of the future Pope Pius XII had plans to supplement the official bulletin of the Catholic Church Giornale di Roma with a semi official rhetorical publication In early 1861 controversialist Nicola Zanchini and journalist Giuseppe Bastia were granted editorial direction of Pacelli s newspaper Official permission to publish was sought on 22 June 1861 and four days later on 26 June Pius IX gave his approval for the regulation of L Osservatore 7 The first edition was entitled L Osservatore Romano a political and moral paper and cost five baiocchi The political and moral paper epithet was dropped before 1862 adding instead the two Latin mottoes that still appear under the masthead today 7 After the breach of Porta Pia by Italian troops in September 1870 L Osservatore Romano solidified its opposition to the Kingdom of Italy affirming obedience to the Pope and adherence to his directives stating it would remain faithful to that unchangeable principle of religion and morals which recognises as its sole depository and claimant the Vicar of Jesus Christ on earth 7 20th century edit nbsp L Osservatore Romano cover 19 August 2015 The Osservatore continued to be published as a newspaper in Vatican City but in 1904 Acta Sanctae Sedis which had existed since 1865 was declared the formal organ of the Holy See in that all documents printed in it were considered authentic and official 14 Acta Sanctae Sedis ceased publication four years later and on 29 September 1908 Acta Apostolicae Sedis became the official publication of the Holy See 15 The English weekly edition was first published on 4 April 1968 7 On 7 January 1998 that edition became the first to be printed outside of Rome when for North American subscribers it began to be printed in Baltimore 16 The edition was printed by the Cathedral Foundation publishers of The Catholic Review 16 21st century edit As of 1 July 2011 the English language edition of the L Osservatore Romano for North American subscribers is once again published in Rome 17 In the 21st century the paper has taken a more objective and subdued stance than at the time of its foundation priding itself in presenting the genuine face of the church and the ideals of freedom following the statement by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone in an October 2006 speech inaugurating a new exhibit dedicated to the founding and history of the newspaper 18 He further described the publication as an instrument for spreading the teachings of the successor of Peter and for information about church events 18 On 27 June 2015 Pope Francis in an apostolic letter established the Secretariat for Communications a new part of the Roman Curia and included L Osservatore Romano under its management 19 20 Relation with the Magisterium editIt is a common error to assume that the contents of the L Osservatore Romano represent the views of the Magisterium or the official position of the Holy See In general this is not the case and the only parts of the Osservatore which represent the views of the Holy See are those that appear under the titles Nostre Informazioni or Santa Sede 5 6 At times the Magisterium disputes the contents of the Osservatore e g a 2008 article expressed the desire that the debate on brain death be re opened because of new developments in the medical world An official spokesman said that the article presented a personal opinion of the author and did not reflect a change in the Catholic Church s position 21 Leadership editEditors in chief 7 Nicola Zanchini and Giuseppe Bastia 1861 1866 Augusto Baviera 1866 1884 Cesare Crispolti 1884 1890 Giovan Battista Casoni 1890 1900 Giuseppe Angelini 1900 1919 Giuseppe Dalla Torre di Sanguinetto 1920 1960 Raimondo Manzini 1960 1978 Valerio Volpini 1978 1984 Mario Agnes 1984 2007 Giovanni Maria Vian 2007 2018 22 Andrea Monda 2018 present 22 Notes edit From Matthew 16 18 Et ego dico tibi quia tu es Petrus et super hanc petram aedificabo ecclesiam meam et portae inferi non praevalebunt adversum eam Latin Vulgate See also editIndex of Vatican City related articlesReferences edit Vatican City Osservatore Romano Vatican City State Retrieved 27 February 2014 a b John Hooper Behind the scenes at the pope s newspaper in The Guardian 20 July 2009 a b L Osservatore Romano Catholic World News Trinity Publications Archived from the original on 15 March 2008 Retrieved 19 October 2010 Burkle Young Francis A 2000 Papal Elections in the Age of Transition 1878 1922 Lexington Books p 72 ISBN 978 0 73910114 8 a b Matthew Bunson The Pope Encyclopedia Crown Publishing 1995 p 229 a b Philippe Levillain The Papacy An Encyclopedia Routledge Publishers 2002 p 1082 a b c d e f g h i j k The origins of L Osservatore Romano L Osservatore Romano Retrieved 8 February 2008 L Osservatore Romano to be published in India Catholic News Agency 2 April 2007 Retrieved 8 February 2008 L Osservatore Romano Treccani Nasce L Osservatore di strada il mensile che da voce agli scartati Vatican News in Italian 24 June 2022 Retrieved 7 February 2023 L Osservatore di Strada Comunicato press vatican va 24 June 2022 Retrieved 7 February 2023 di Luca Bernardo 29 June 2022 Distribuyen primer ejemplar de nuevo periodico del Vaticano L Osservatore di Strada Zenit News Agency in Spanish Retrieved 7 February 2023 Capelli Benedetta 29 June 2022 Il Papa l Osservatore di strada gli ultimi i veri protagonisti Vatican News in Italian Retrieved 7 February 2023 Herbermann Charles ed 1913 Acta Sanctae Sedis Catholic Encyclopedia New York Robert Appleton Company Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ISBN 978 0 19 280290 3 article Acta Apostolicae Sedis a b Stiehm Jamie 13 January 1998 Newspaper for Vatican published in Baltimore The Baltimore Sun Archived from the original on 18 September 2014 Retrieved 5 November 2011 For the first time the Vatican newspaper s presses are rolling outside of Rome and beginning operations in Baltimore The newspaper s Jan 7 issue the first printed here was sent to 2 500 subscribers in the United States by the Cathedral Foundation the center of Catholic church works in Baltimore Now nearly two centuries later Internet technology is being used to deliver the pope s official publication faster to American readers Making all the logistical arrangements to publish the Vatican newspaper also technically a government document in Baltimore was a yearlong project The weekly in the format of a 12 page tabloid is scheduled to be printed and mailed every Wednesday reaching North American readers more rapidly than it previously did by air or ship from Rome Notice to our subscribers in the U S and in Canada L Osservatore Romano Retrieved 5 November 2011 a b Glatz Carol 27 October 2006 L Osservatore Romano 145 years as genuine face of the church Vatican Letter Catholic News Service Archived from the original on 5 October 2009 Retrieved 8 February 2008 Pope Francis 27 June 2015 Apostolic Letter Issued Motu Proprio by the Supreme Pontiff Francis for the Establishment of the Secretariat for Communication Libreria Editrice Vaticana Retrieved 27 December 2018 McElwee Joshua 27 June 2015 Francis creates Secretariat to elevate consolidate Vatican communications La Stampa Vatican Insider National Catholic Reporter Archived from the original on 16 May 2016 Retrieved 29 June 2015 Wooden Cindy 30 September 2008 Vatican newspaper says new questions raised about brain death Catholic News Service Archived from the original on 9 September 2008 Retrieved 24 February 2010 a b Glatz Carol 18 December 2018 Pope names Italian journalists to key posts in Vatican communications National Catholic Reporter Catholic News Service Archived from the original on 20 July 2019 Retrieved 27 December 2018 Further reading editMerrill John C Fisher Harold A 1980 The world s great dailies profiles of fifty newspapers Communication arts books Hastings House pp 230 37 ISBN 9780803880955 The origins of L Osservatore Romano Archived from the original on 18 January 2000 External links editOfficial website L Osservatore della Domenica section L Osservatore di Strada section 41 54 19 N 12 27 25 E 41 90528 N 12 45694 E 41 90528 12 45694 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title L 27Osservatore Romano amp 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