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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.
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Former Jesuit provincial for East Africa highlights the significance of Pope Francis' trip to Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
'He is going there as a sign of love and esteem and this is a very powerful message,' says Cardinal Francis Arinze.
Vatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Some find Pope Francis’ ecclesiology ‘somewhat threatening.’
A woman mourns in Republique square in Paris Nov. 14 as people gather in memory of victims of terrorist attacks. Coordinated attacks the previous evening claimed the lives of 129 people. The Islamic State claimed responsibility. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Some of the terrorists were heard shouting out “Allah u-Akbar” (“Allah is Great!”) as they launched their deadly attacks in Paris.
FULL PRESS. Italian journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi is surrounded by the media after a news conference for his new book Merchants in the Temple on Nov. 4.
Signs Of the Times
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis on Nov. 8 denounced the stealing and leaking of confidential documents from the Vatican as “a crime.” At the same time, he confirmed his determination to press ahead with the financial reforms that he started in July 2013 and that are now underway in the Vatican.It was the p
Italian journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi is surrounded by the media after a Nov. 4 news conference for his new book "Merchants in the Temple: Inside Pope Francis' Secret Battle Against Corruption in the Vatican." (CNS photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters)
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Gianluigi Nuzzi and Emiliano Fittipaldi could be charged for “conspiring in the crime of divulgation of confidential news and documents.”
Vatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Something important has changed in Sino-Vatican relations.
Pope Francis gestures during a meeting with bishops Nov. 10 in the Duomo, the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Italy (CNS photo/Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters).
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis issued a clarion call to the Italian church to radically renew itself by adopting “the sentiments of Jesus: humility, disinterest and beatitude.”
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis denounced the stealing and leaking of confidential documents from the Vatican as “a crime” and “a deplorable act that does not help.”
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
The Vatican Publishing House, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, published the Italian version of that final synod report without the results of the voting on each paragraph, against Pope Francis' directive.