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.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Pope Francis called on protestors to express their demands “peacefully” and appealed to government leaders to meet their "just aspirations."
FaithVatican Dispatch
Cardinal Tagle tested positive for Covid-19 on his arrival at Manila airport Sept. 10. He showed no symptoms, but is now in isolation.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Pope Francis: “A virus that does not recognize barriers, borders or cultural or political distinctions must be faced with a love without barriers, borders or distinctions.”
FaithVatican Dispatch
Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Michel Mulloy, the bishop elect of Duluth following an investigation.
FaithVatican Dispatch
The new encyclical will bear the title “Fratelli tutti” and it will be released on the feast of St. Francis on Oct. 3.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Between 2007 and the publication of “Laudato Si’” in 2015, Pope Francis “underwent a journey of conversion, of conversion of the ecological problem. Before that I didn’t understand anything.”
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Pope Francis concluded: “We do not come out from a crisis the same as before. We either come out better or worse. We must choose. Solidarity is the way to come out better.”
FaithVatican Dispatch
In his message for the sixth World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, Pope Francis also called for "the cancellation of the debt of the most vulnerable countries."
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Pope Francis: “Last Tuesday’s catastrophe calls everyone, beginning with the Lebanese people, to work together for the common good of this beloved country.”
FaithVatican Dispatch
These appointments are a further indication of the pope’s determination to give more responsibility to women in the Vatican in positions that do not require ordination.