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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.
FaithSynod on the Family
Cardinal Schönborn: “There is continuity in teaching here, but there is also something really new.”
Synod on the Family
Integration requires discernment, but the doors are open, even to the sacraments.
Dispatches
The pope plans to visit the Greek island of Lesbos in mid-April.
Dispatches
Christians are called to be apostles of the mercy which seeks to encounter all forms of poverty and to free this world of so many types of slavery.
Dispatches
Drawing attention to the ongoing violence in Ukraine, Pope Francis called for a special collection in all of the Catholic churches in Europe.
Dispatches
The apostolic exhortation bears the title “Amoris Laetitia” (“The Joy of Love”), on love in the family.
Dispatches
While most of those killed were Christians, many were also Muslims.
Dispatches
Pope Francis highlighted the plight of refugees and drew attention to the persecution of Christians and the exploitation of the planet.
Dispatches
“Today is...the celebration of this truth: nothing and no one will ever be able to separate us from the love of Jesus.”
Dispatches
The pope read a prayer-homily in which he highlighted the different forms the cross takes in today’s world.