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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.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
President Trump traveled met Kim Jong-Un at the demilitarized zone along the 38th parallel that separates North and South Korea.
Demonstrators stand outside the German bishops' spring meeting in Lingen, March 11. The sexual abuse scandal and demands for reform have changed the German church, Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich said March 14. (CNS photo/Harald Oppitz, KNA) 
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The synod is set to address the sexual abuse crisis as well as the lack of vocations and the non-acceptance of Catholic teaching on sexuality.
Pope Francis meets with retired Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican April 15, 2019.
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Gerard O’Connell
A columnist for Corriere della Sera has published a new report on a meeting that he had with Benedict XVI in the Vatican gardens.
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Gerard O’Connell
The Holy See also calls on the Chinese authorities to refrain from using “intimidatory pressures” on the members of the underground church communities.
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Gerard O’Connell
Francis emphasized the need for “theological freedom” and said that “without the possibility of experimenting new ways nothing new is created, and one does not leave space to the newness of the Spirit of the Risen One.”
Augustinian Father Miguel Angel Cadenas baptizes a young man June 12, in a village along the Urituyacu River in Peru.
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Gerard O’Connell
While this proposal may draw most media attention, it should not be allowed to eclipse other significant aspects in the document, including the church’s strong commitment to work for justice for indigenous people and the protection of the environment.
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Gerard O’Connell
His renunciation did not come as a total surprise given the controversy that erupted in Chile following the priest’s controversial statements after his nomination.
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Gerard O’Connell
“It is inconceivable to be a pontifical representative and to criticize the pope behind his back, to have a blog or even to unite himself to groups hostile to him, to the [Roman] curia and to the church of Rome,” Pope Francis stated.
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Gerard O’Connell
The text explains that “gender theory” expresses an ideology that “denies the difference and reciprocity in nature of a man and a woman.”
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The fact that they are meeting for a third time shows that Putin considers Pope Francis an influential player and moral authority on the global stage.