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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.
Politics & SocietyNews
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati, the archbishop of Santiago, Chile, the Vatican announced on March 23.
FaithFeatures
For the first time, the inside story of the election of Pope Francis, excerpted from a new book by America's Vatican correspondent.
FaithVatican Dispatch
The meeting between Pope Francis and South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit "aimed at deepening relations between South Sudan and the Vatican."
FaithNews
An Australian judge has sentenced Cardinal to 6 years in prison for molesting two choirboys.
FaithVatican Dispatch
The court imposed a six-month suspended prison sentence on him, meaning he will not have to spend time in prison.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Pius, who was pope from 1939 to 1958, has been strongly attacked for not speaking out publicly against the Holocaust but defended by some for the vast hidden work he did to help many victims of the Nazis, fascists and communists.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
The recent Vatican summit on the protection of minors ended on Feb. 24. Since then many have asked, “What’s next?”
FaithVatican Dispatch
If tried and found guilty, the penalties can vary depending on the seriousness of the crime and, often, the age of the accused; possible penalties include removal from office, restricted ministry, “a life of prayer and penance” without any public ministry and dismissal from the clerical state.
FaithDispatches
After the Vatican’s historic summit on the sexual abuse of children, Archbishop Mark Coleridge says “the mission of the church” is at stake.
FaithVatican Dispatch
The Vatican said the conviction is “a painful news that, we are well aware, has shocked very many persons, not only in Australia.” At the same time, “it reaffirmed maximum respect for the Australian judicial authorities.”