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Pope Francis burns incense as he venerates an icon of the risen Jesus during Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 17, 2022. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
“Let us allow the peace of Christ to enter our lives, our homes, our countries!” Pope Francis pleaded.
Pope Francis greets the crowd after celebrating Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on April 10, 2022. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
On Palm Sunday, Pope Francis made an appeal to “lay down the arms in Ukraine” and asked, “What kind of a victory would it be to plant a flag on a heap of ruins?”
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
It had been rumored for some time that Pope Francis would appoint the internationally well-known and much-liked Ghanaian cardinal to another high-level position in the Holy See.
Pope Francis answers questions from journalists aboard his flight from Malta to Rome April 3, 2022. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Answering a question from America's Vatican correspondent, Pope Francis indicated he has not spoken directly to President Putin since the war started.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Francis has long desired to visit Malta where, according to the Acts of the Apostles, St. Paul was shipwrecked in 60 A.D. while en route to Rome, where he had asked to be judged.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
“If Putin says something on Tuesday, the Russian Patriarch has to say the same thing on Wednesday but just putting the word ‘God’ into the sentence,” David Nazar, S.J., said in an exclusive interview with Gerard O’Connell.