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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.
Pope Francis receives a Catholic Charities jersey and an autographed soccer ball during his meeting with immigrant families at Our Lady Queen of Angels School in the East Harlem area of New York in September 2015. (CNS photo)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
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“Sport transcends the level of pure physicality and takes us into the arena of the spirit and even of mystery.”
Dispatches
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"From the first moment, I felt the need to be here,” the pope said.
Dispatches
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On the eve of the pope’s visit, Cardinal Pietro Parolin summarized Francis' message: “Don’t turn differences into sources of conflict, but of mutual enrichment.”
Dispatches
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The General Congregation is the supreme governing body of the Jesuits, which is summoned on the death or resignation of a Superior General.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
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“If we want to stop the war in Syria, then we have to stop the flow of arms to the different groups in conflict," Father Prakash said.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
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“To kill in the name of God is satanic,” Pope Francis said as he celebrated Mass for Father Jacques Hamel.
(CNS photo)
Vatican Dispatch
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There is an urgent need to reject the use of God’s name to justify violence.
Dispatches
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The question of the accountability has been a major concern of the commission from the outset.
FaithVatican Dispatch
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Benedict XVI: “Obedience to my successor has always been unquestionable.”
(AP photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
FaithSigns Of the Times
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"Mother Teresa, in all aspects of her life, was a generous dispenser of divine mercy."