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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
“Jesus finds people where they are, but he never leaves them where they are.”
 Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, then nuncio to the United States, and then-Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington, are seen in a combination photo during the beatification Mass of Blessed Miriam Teresa Demjanovich at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, N.J., Oct. 4, 2014. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
In this third letter Archbishop Viganò no longer insists that the restrictions that he claimed Benedict XVI had imposed on Archbishop McCarrick can be understood as “sanctions.”
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The pope said he would visit North Korea “if an official invitation arrives.”
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Arturo Sosa, S.J., the superior general of the Jesuits, identified three “signs of the times”: secularization, the digital world and multiculturalism.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis made clear that Paul VI and Archbishop Romero responded to the radical call of Jesus with “an undivided heart.”
FaithDispatches
Gerard O’Connell
“What is important now is...not concentrating on myself but helping this church to get to a new place.”
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
In a two page-letter, Pope Francis made clear not only his personal esteem for the cardinal but also that he stands by him, and the reasons for this.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Initial reports from the synod on young people focus on sexual abuse, digital culture and creating a listening church.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
According to cardinals from India, Canada, and Madagascar, one thing is clear, "the church has a great future with these young people."
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis will meet with Catholic South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, this month.