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Palestinian protesters run for cover from tear gas fired by Israeli troops in clashes on May 15 during a protest in the West Bank town of Bethlehem marking the 69th anniversary of their uprooting. Palestinians call the 1948 uprooting "nakba" or catastrophe. (CNS photo/Ammar Awad, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Catholic Church in the Holy Land says the Israel-Palestine situation “cannot be considered normal”
Gerard O’Connell
The conflict is almost certain to be on the agenda for discussion when President Trump comes to the Vatican.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Pope says he will not pre-judge Trump, will seek common ground.
Gerard O’Connell
Pope says he will not pre-judge Trump and that Marie Collins had some good reasons for her resignation from the sex abuse commission.
Pilgrims arrive at the Marian shrine of Fatima May 10 in central Portugal (CNS photo/Paulo Cunha, EPA).
FaithVatican Dispatch
Pope Francis goes as a pilgrim to Fatima “to share the Gospel of hope and peace”
Gerard O’Connell
One million pilgrims are expected to join Pope Francis in Fatima on May 12 to 13 for the centenary celebration of the apparitions of Our Lady to three Portuguese shepherd children.
Portuguese shepherd children Lucia dos Santos, center, and her cousins, Jacinta and Francisco Marto, are seen in a file photo taken around the time of the 1917 apparitions of Mary at Fatima. (CNS photo/EPA)
FaithVatican Dispatch
The story of Fatima: the apparitions, the miracles and the journey to sainthood
Gerard O’Connell
On Saturday Pope Francis will canonize two of the children who saw the Marian apparitions in 1917.
Pope Francis greets Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Myanmar, during a private audience at the Vatican May 4. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Myanmar and Holy See Establish Diplomatic Relations
Gerard O’Connell
The Vatican made the announcement after a meeting between Pope Francis and Aung San Suu Kyi, de facto leader of Myanmar.
Pope Francis listens to a question from Vera Shcherbakova of the Itar-Tass news agency while talking with journalists aboard his flight from Cairo to Rome April 29. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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Pope Francis calls for diplomatic solution to North Korea crisis
Gerard O’Connell
The situation in North Korea, he added, has been heated for a long time, "but now it seems it has heated up too much, no?"
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