Voices
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
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
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'The Joy of Love' is a step in the historical process, not the end.
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Refugees are terrified they may be deported to Turkey at any time.
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Jesuit center for refugees marks 35 years of service in the heart of Rome.
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Pope Francis brought his message of love and inclusion with both words and gestures.
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Six of the refugees are children, and all are Muslims
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Francis was joined by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and the Primate of Greece, Archbishop Ieronymous II.
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“I got here thanks to Allah,” said Munir, whose son was killed in Syria.
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More than half a million refugees have passed through Lesbos over the past year.
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Pope Francis is on record as saying that the future of the church is in Asia.