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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
Pope Francis returns with joy to Latin America this Sunday July 5 and is expected to be given a rapturous welcome by millions of people during his seven-day visit to Ecuador Bolivia and Paraguay On the eve of his departure he went to the Basilica of St Mary Major rsquo s in Rome to pray before t
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
An interview with Chicago's new archbishop
100,000 people protest against the austerity measures in front of parliament building in Athens (May 29, 2011).
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
As archbishop of Buenos Aires, Francis lived through a similar economic and social crisis.
Archbishops Fisher, Cupich leave after Mass marking feast of Sts. Peter and Paul in St. Peter's Basilica at Vatican.
FaithDispatches
Gerard O’Connell
New archbishops gather in Rome
Monsignor Dario Edoardo Vigano
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis has created a new Secretariat for Communications in the Roman Curia into which all existing Vatican communications offices and operations will be incorporated At the same time he has appointed the Italian Monsignor Dario Edoardo Vigano Director of the Vatican Television Center as it
Vatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The greatest obstacle to Christian unity is ‘the spirit of possessiveness.’
Signs Of the Times
Gerard O’Connell
Addressing “every person on the planet” in a groundbreaking encyclical, “Laudato Si’,” Pope Francis speaks frankly and passionately about the “global environmental deterioration” of “our common home,” appealing “for a new dialogue about how
Italian Archbishop Bruno Forte leaves concluding session of extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
ldquo Accompaniment rdquo and ldquo Integration rdquo nbsp are the two key words of the Working Document for next October rsquo s Synod of Bishops on the Family Archbishop Bruno Forte the synod rsquo s secretary said at a Vatican press conference June 23 It rsquo s clear that the doors are
Carolyn Y. Woo, president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services, speaks during news conference to present Pope Francis' encyclical on environment.
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Never in the history of the Vatican has a senior leader of another Christian Church and an atheist scientist presented a papal encyclical But that is what happened at Roman noon June 18 when the Vatican released Pope Francis rsquo long awaited encyclical on ldquo our common home rdquo at a pr
Cardinal Peter Turkson and Orthodox Metropolitan John of Pergamon holds copies of Pope Francis' encyclical on environment before news conference at Vatican.
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Addressing ldquo every person on the planet rdquo in his groundbreaking encyclical released today Pope Francis speaks frankly and with passion about the ldquo global environmental deterioration rdquo of ldquo our common home rdquo and urgently appeals ldquo for a new dialogue about how we ar