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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.
A woman places a candle by floral tributes for the victims of an attack at Turku Market Square on Friday, in Turku, Finland, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017. (Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva via AP)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
“We carry in our hearts the pain of the acts of terrorism that in these last days have caused numerous victims.”
Injured people react after a van crashed into pedestrians in the Las Ramblas district of Barcelona, Spain, Aug. 17. Terrorists killed at least 12 and injured more than 50 others. (CNS photo/David Armengou, EPA)
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The pope denounced the attack as “a grave offence against the Creator.”
Children, some in tears, are escorted down a road in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017. Police in Barcelona say a white van has mounted a sidewalk, struck several people in the city's Las Ramblas district. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
A van drove into a pedestrian zone killing at least 12 people and injuring more than 80 others.
Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon, Myanmar, pictured in an early January photo, has become increasingly outspoken as the Nov. 8 election approaches and has urged the nation to embrace religious diversity. (CNS photo/Lynn Bo Bo, EPA)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Cardinal Bo believes the establishment of diplomatic relations between Myanmar and the Holy See could “help build up Myanmar as a democracy and contribute to peace building in the country.”
Pope Francis celebrates Mass on the feast of Corpus Christi June 18 outside Rome's Basilica of St. John Lateran. (CNS/Tony Gentile, Reuters)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
In less than three weeks, Pope Francis has reshuffled the top leadership of the C.D.F.
FaithDispatches
Gerard O’Connell
The editor of the Jesuit review La Civiltà Cattolica speaks on the alliance between “fringe” Catholics and evangelical fundamentalists.
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, former Vatican secretary of state, walks during the Good Friday service in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican March 25. (CNS photo/Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Money destined for “Pope's hospital” allegedly went toward renovating the former secretary of state’s apartment.
A tapestry of new St. Teresa of Kolkata is seen as Pope Francis leaves his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 7. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithDispatches
Gerard O’Connell
The pope is opening the way to recognize as saints those who act in ways they know will lead to their certain death.
Young people talk during a conference in Rome April 6. The conference was in preparation for next year's Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment and World Youth Day in 2019. (CNS photo/courtesy Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
As head of a new Vatican department, Cardinal Farrell is in a position to bring lay people into positions of leadership in the church.
Politics & Society
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis offered words of hope and encouragement, telling the G20 leaders that, while there are no immediate adequate solutions, “it is possible, though, to set in motion processes that can offer solutions."