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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
Pope Francis urged Chinese Catholics on Wednesday to trust God and make concrete gestures of reconciliation following the landmark deal over bishop appointments.
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"Rome nominates, the pope nominates. That is clear!”
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“I have never, never given a pardon on a conviction.”
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The pope said he knows that young people “are upset by sexual and economic scandals that do not meet with clear condemnation.”
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It was an important message for the 2.2 million people of Latvia, where today 37 percent of the population are Russian.
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On his second day in Lithuania, Pope Francis traveled 65 miles to Kaunas, the country’s second largest city, to celebrate Mass in Santakos Park for more than 100,000 people.
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Pope Francis arrived in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, to celebrate the centenary of the country’s independence.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Pope Francis has recognized all the remaining bishops who were ordained in China in recent years without the pope's approval.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
In a historic breakthrough, the Holy See has signed today, Sept. 22, “a provisional agreement” with China on the appointment of bishops.
FaithVatican Dispatch
He is the second pope to visit these Baltic nations. John Paul II came to the region in September 1993, after the collapse of communism, and was welcomed as a hero. Pope Francis comes exactly 25 years later, but much has changed since that first papal visit.