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Gerard O’Connell is America’s Vatican correspondent and author of The Election of Pope Francis: An Inside Story of the Conclave That Changed History. He has been covering the Vatican since 1985.
In All Things
Vatican Correspondent Gerry O'Connell reports from South Korea.
In All Things
Pope Francis addressed the downside of the prosperous highly competitive South Korean society on the second day of his visit here He did so in words that went to the root of the concerns that are growing in the hearts of very many people here both Christian and non and especially of the young He
In All Things
Pope Francis is not a man to ignore the real problems that touch people rsquo s lives It came as no surprise therefore that on his first day in Korea he zoned in with passion on the urgent need for peace and reconciliation in this divided peninsula The urgency was highlighted even more by the fact
In All Things
On the flight from Rome to South Korea 40 minutes after take-off a smiling Pope Francis came to the back of the plane to greet the 72 journalists from 11 countries including 10 from South Korea who were traveling with him He was greeted with applause and smiles but then a shocked silence descen
In All Things
On his first visit to Asia as pope Francis is going to South Korea He left the Rome airport at four o rsquo clock in the afternoon local time today August 13 on board an Alitalia flight His main reason for visiting Korea is to participate in the sixth Asian Youth Day that is being held in Daej
In All Things
An interview with Archbishop Patrick D’Rozario, of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
In All Things
Pope Francis will travel to Korea from Aug 13 to 18 He is going there for a meeting with young people from 30 Asian countries at the Sixth Asian Youth Day and to beatify 124 Korean martyrs from the first 50 years of the Catholic Church rsquo s existence in this East-Asian nation that was evangel
In All Things
Holy Land bishops want “an immediate ceasefire” in Gaza.
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Decision may distance even further possibility of visible unity with the Catholic Church.
In All Things
Pope Francis is well on the way to achieving a total and radical reform of the Vatican rsquo s finances That became abundantly clear on July 9 when the Australian cardinal George Pell the man he appointed to spearhead that reform presented the New Economic Framework for the Holy See at a crowded