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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
Pope Francis celebrated Pentecost Mass, urging Christians to avoid "diversity without unity" and "unity without diversity."
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
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.”
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
The attack in central Egypt today killed at least 26 people, including children aged 2 to 4, and wounded 25 others.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Media reports that the meeting was “cold” are “a gross misinterpretation,” a Vatican source told America.
FaithNews
President Donald Trump and Pope Francis held a private 30-minute meeting at the Vatican on Wednesday laden with religious symbolism and ancient protocol.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Vatican leaders seem quietly confident that the meeting will go well.
FaithDispatches
The new cardinals named by Pope Francis come from El Salvador, Laos, Mali, Spain and Sweden.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
The conflict is almost certain to be on the agenda for discussion when President Trump comes to the Vatican.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Pope says he will not pre-judge Trump and that Marie Collins had some good reasons for her resignation from the sex abuse commission.
Faith
Pope Francis made history by canonizing Jacinta and Francisco Marto, the first child saints who are not martyrs.