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.
Dispatches
Cardinal Sean O rsquo Malley put the question of the accountability on the table of this week rsquo s meeting of the pope with his ldquo Council of Nine rdquo cardinal advisors His intent is to find a juridical and competent way to deal effectively with bishops and religious superiors who abuse t
Dispatches
Turkish authorities protest the pope's characterization of the mass killing
Dispatches
ldquo This is a time for the Church to rediscover the meaning of the mission entrusted to her by the Lord on the day of Easter to be a sign and an instrument of the Father rsquo s mercy rdquo Pope Francis said in St Peter rsquo s Basilica on April 11 after publishing the Bull of Indiction for t
Dispatches
In Easter message to the world, a forceful appeal for peace
Dispatches
Pope Francis speaking at the end of the Way of the Cross at Rome rsquo s Coliseum prayed for the Christian men women and children ndash ldquo our brothers who are persecuted beheaded and crucified for their faith in you Jesus before our eyes and often with our silent complicity rdquo Tens
Dispatches
Jesus over came violence by 'exposing all its injustice and futility.'
Dispatches
Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of 12 inmates ndash six women and the child of one of them and six men ndash in Rome rsquo s Rebibbia prison on Holy Thursday and shook hands kissed and embraced hundreds of the detainees amid scenes of great emotion The prisoners welcomed him with v
Dispatches
Pope Francis on Holy Thursday spoke about the ldquo tiredness rdquo or quot weariness quot that Catholic priests experience in their daily ministry often in very difficult and dangerous situations and offered advice on how they should deal with it He did so in an incisive and profound homily
Vatican Dispatch
On March 13, Pope Francis surprised the world by proclaiming a year-long Jubilee of Mercy. Since then he has begun to give indications, in homilies and talks, as to what this entails.As I write, the formal bull of indiction has not yet been published. That will be done on April 12, the Second Sunday
Dispatches
Critics charge Barros had been involved in the cover-up of the abuse of minors.