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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.

FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Seven illicit bishops have asked Pope Francis for pardon and requested reconciliation with him and the universal church.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Until now Pope Francis has stood firmly by Bishop Barros.
This is a promotional image for World Meeting of Families to be held Aug. 21-26, 2018, in Dublin. The theme of the meeting is "The Gospel of the Family: Joy for the World." (CNS illustration/World Meeting of Families) 
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Gerard O’Connell
Cardinal Kevin Farrell announced today that Pope Francis plans to attend the ninth World Meeting of Families, from Aug. 21 to 26,
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Gerard O’Connell
“I ask forgiveness,” the pope said on his flight from Lima to Rome. “It’s a hurt [caused] without wishing it.”
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Gerard O’Connell
Jesus “is here in Lima, or wherever you are living, in the routine of your daily life and work.”
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Gerard O’Connell
People and cheered Pope Francis everywhere he went on this last day of his visit.
A boy presents a hat to Pope Francis upon his arrival at the international airport in Trujillo, Peru, Jan. 20. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
“Just as the apostles faced the storm on the sea, you had to face the brunt of ‘El Niño costero.’”
 Pope Francis and Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski stand outside the presidential palace in Lima, Peru, Jan.19.(CNS photo//Mariana Bazo, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
“The degradation of the environment...cannot be separated from the moral degradation of our communities.”
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Francis is the first pope to come to the Amazon region, and he insisted that his first event and major speech of his visit to Peru should be to this place.
Men carry a replica of Peru's most revered religious icon, the "Lord of Miracles," during an Oct. 18, 2017 procession in Lima. Each year thousands of Catholics gather to commemorate the image's survival in a 17th-century earthquake that destroyed Lima. (CNS photo/Mariana Bazo, Reuters)
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Gerard O’Connell
Father Ernesto Cavassa was provincial of the Jesuits in Peru from 1998 to 2004, and president of the Conference of Latin American Jesuit Provincials from 2005 to 2012.