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FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
“Fratelli tutti,” the title of Pope Francis’s new encyclical is to be understood as including both men and women, the Vatican stated today in a front-page editorial in L’Osservatore Romano, its daily newspaper, headlined “an encyclical for all brothers and sisters.”
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Vatican officials have publicly defended the agreement with enthusiasm. Privately, they are more sober in their analysis.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis called on protestors to express their demands “peacefully” and appealed to government leaders to meet their "just aspirations."
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Cardinal Tagle tested positive for Covid-19 on his arrival at Manila airport Sept. 10. He showed no symptoms, but is now in isolation.
Pope Francis greets people as he arrives for his general audience in the San Damaso courtyard at the Vatican Sept. 9, 2020. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis: “A virus that does not recognize barriers, borders or cultural or political distinctions must be faced with a love without barriers, borders or distinctions.”
On June 19, 2020, the pope had appointed him to head the Diocese of Duluth, Minn., but he had not yet been installed. Father Mulloy is pictured in an undated photo. (CNS photo/courtesy West River Catholic)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Michel Mulloy, the bishop elect of Duluth following an investigation.