From today’s papal speech to the community of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, alma mater to the Vatican’s diplomatic corps, a corps whose sympathies and loyalties have not escaped scrutiny in the aftermath of the Vatileaks scandal as well as of previous controversies during this pontificate: God’s faithfulness is the key to, and the source of, our own faithfulness. I would like today to remind you of precisely this virtue, which well expresses the unique bond existing between the Pope and his direct collaborators, both in the Roman Curia and in the Papal Representations: for many, it is a bond grounded in the priestly character that they have received, which is then specified in the particular mission entrusted to each in the service of the Successor of Peter. In the Bible, faithfulness is above all a divine attribute: God reveals himself as the one who remains ever faithful to his Covenant with his people, despite their unfaithfulness. As the Faithful One, God sees to the fulfilment of his loving plan; thus, he is trustworthy and true. His way of acting makes it possible in turn for men and women to be faithful.

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The Pope to future papal diplomats: be faithful and trustworthy