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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.
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Some of the terrorists were heard shouting out “Allah u-Akbar” (“Allah is Great!”) as they launched their deadly attacks in Paris.
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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
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Gianluigi Nuzzi and Emiliano Fittipaldi could be charged for “conspiring in the crime of divulgation of confidential news and documents.”
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Pope Francis issued a clarion call to the Italian church to radically renew itself by adopting “the sentiments of Jesus: humility, disinterest and beatitude.”
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Pope Francis denounced the stealing and leaking of confidential documents from the Vatican as “a crime” and “a deplorable act that does not help.”
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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.
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Dr. Francesca Immacolata Chaouqui, involved in Vatileaks 2 with Spanish monsignor Lucio Angel Vallejo Balda, is released from prison.
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The Vatican Gendarmerie has arrested a Spanish monsignor working in the Roman Curia and an Italian lay woman for their alleged roles in leaking confidential and reserved information.
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The simple and profoundly moving ceremony took place at five o’clock Saturday evening, Oct. 31, in the chapel of Santa Marta.