I don’t have time to translate, but the jist of this article is that the commissioner charged with “dismantling” the Franciscans of the Immaculata, Volpi, had a stroke on May 1st and suffered until his death May 5. The Vatican has remained strangely silent over his death.
There are rumors that the pope is seeking to replace the dead Volpi with a Jesuit to continue the unfinished business of the late Commissioner.
The article in Italian is here:
