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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
Pope Francis celebrated Pentecost Mass, urging Christians to avoid "diversity without unity" and "unity without diversity."
Participants look at a screen showing a world map with climate anomalies during the World Climate Change Conference at Le Bourge, France, in this Dec. 8, 2015, file photo. (CNS photo/Stephane Mahe, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Vatican officials slammed it as “a disaster for the whole world because the United States has such importance today and is a country that many follow.”
This image released by the Minya governorate media office shows bodies of victims killed when gunmen stormed a bus in Minya, Egypt, Friday, May 26, 2017 (Minya Governorate Media office via AP).
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The attack in central Egypt today killed at least 26 people, including children aged 2 to 4, and wounded 25 others.
Pope Francis talks with U.S. President Donald Trump during a private audience at the Vatican May 24. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) See POPE-TRUMP-MEET May 24, 2017
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Media reports that the meeting was “cold” are “a gross misinterpretation,” a Vatican source told America.
Pope Francis meets with President Donald Trump on the occasion of their private audience, at the Vatican on Wednesday, May 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool)
FaithNews
Gerard O’Connell
President Donald Trump and Pope Francis held a private 30-minute meeting at the Vatican on Wednesday laden with religious symbolism and ancient protocol.
Pope Francis waves during a visit to give an Easter blessing to homes in a public housing complex in Ostia, a Rome suburb on the Mediterranean Sea, May 19 (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano).
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Vatican leaders seem quietly confident that the meeting will go well.
FaithDispatches
Gerard O’Connell
The new cardinals named by Pope Francis come from El Salvador, Laos, Mali, Spain and Sweden.
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
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
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.
Pope Francis embraces Lucas Batista from Brazil as offertory gifts are presented during the canonization Mass of Sts. Francisco and Jacinta Marto.
Faith
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis made history by canonizing Jacinta and Francisco Marto, the first child saints who are not martyrs.