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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.

Signs Of the Times
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis brought a message of love and inclusion during his five-hour visit to the Greek island of Lesbos on April 16 in a way that resonated across the world. And in what has become typical for this papacy, he did so by both words and gestures.While the decision to take three Syrian refugee fam
Vatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
'The Joy of Love' is a step in the historical process, not the end.
Pope Francis greets a Muslim woman as he meets refugees at the Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece, April 16, 2016. The pope put his hand over his heart and bowed when meeting Muslim women. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Refugees are terrified they may be deported to Turkey at any time.
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Jesuit center for refugees marks 35 years of service in the heart of Rome.
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis brought his message of love and inclusion with both words and gestures.
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Six of the refugees are children, and all are Muslims
Pope Francis meets refugees at the Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece, April 16, 2016. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Francis was joined by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and the Primate of Greece, Archbishop Ieronymous II.
Young refugees wait in line for tea at a makeshift camp April 11 at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece. Pope Francis will travel to Lesbos, Greece, April 16. (CNS photo/Stoyan Nenov, Reuters)
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
“I got here thanks to Allah,” said Munir, whose son was killed in Syria.
People are seen under tents inside the Moria holding center for refugees and migrants April 15, which Pope Francis was to visit the next day, along with Orthodox leaders, on the Greek island of Lesbos. (CNS photo/Alkis Konstantinidis, Reuters)
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
More than half a million refugees have passed through Lesbos over the past year.
Vatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis is on record as saying that the future of the church is in Asia.