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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 passes the flags of the Vatican and France as he arrives to lead his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Nov. 18 (CNS photo/Paul Haring).
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Francis responded to questions relating to the separation of church and state, Islamophobia, pedophilia, synodality and reconciliation with the Lefebvrists.
In All Things
Gerard O’Connell
The pope recalled that “our primordial vocation” is to be “children of God.”
Vatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
An accord seems possible before the year’s end.
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
“It’s impossible to launder money at the I.O.R.” today, said the bank’s president.
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
John Paul II, who visited in 1997, said, “Lebanon is more than a country; it is a message.”
FAMILY PORTRAIT. Mouhammad Amin El Oujali with his wife, Zafira El Aquad, and their three children.
Signs Of the Times
Gerard O’Connell
A young Syrian couple and their three young children, including a 2-month-old baby suffering from hydrocephalus and spina-bifida, are among 101 vulnerable refugees scheduled to take an Alitalia plane from Beirut to Rome in the early morning hours of May 3 to begin a new life in Italy.Mouhammad Amin
Vatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Francis' visit to a refugee camp was a message to Europe and the rest of us.
Abdul Ghaleb Edris with his 1-year-old daughter, Fatima, and his wife Souzan and their 2-year-old son, Ayham. The Syrian refugee family arrived in Rome on May 3
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
The plight of these siblings brought into sharp focus the vital importance of proper medical care for refugee children.
Finding refuge. Syrian children at a camp just a few miles from the Lebanon-Syria border.
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
“When the bombing started, the situation became very complicated, we feared for the safety of our children.”
Mouhammad Amin El Oujali, his wife Zarifa El Aquad and their three children: May, 5; Fayasal, 2; Layah, 2-months. They will leave for Italy on May 3 with Humanitarian Corridors, a new ecumenical relief effort.
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
These families are able to take this safe route to freedom, instead of risking their lives in a boat crossing the Mediterranean.