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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
Pope Francis celebrated Mass for the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul with 14 new cardinals and gifted 27 new archbishops their palliums to bring home to their respective archdioceses.
 Pope Francis places a red biretta on new Cardinal Pedro Barreto of Huancayo, Peru, during a consistory to create 14 new cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican June 28. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithDispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis used strong words that can be read both as an admonition and guidance for the entire college of cardinals.
Argentina's Lionel Messi, front competes for the ball during the match between Argentina and Nigeria at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the St. Petersburg Stadium in St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 26. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Francis vowed decades ago not to watch TV, but he still follows how Argentina is faring in the World Cup.
Pope Francis and with French President Emmanuel Macron, left, exchange gifts on the occasion of their private audience, at the Vatican, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. (Alessandra Tarantino/Pool Photo via AP)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Their conversation was the longest between the pope and a head of state since Francis’ meeting with President Obama in 2014.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
It is the first time that a Vatican official has been condemned for such a crime.
Pope Francis arrives in procession to celebrate Mass at the Palexpo convention center in Geneva June 21. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
“Walking, praying and working together: This is the great path that we are called to follow.”
Pope Francis attends an ecumenical event at the Malmo Arena in Malmo, Sweden, Oct. 31. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The W.C.C. general secretary described Francis’ visit as “a strong signal of recognition by the Catholic world.”
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives at the Changi International Airport on June 10 in Singapore ahead of a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. (Ministry of Communications and Information of Singapore via AP)
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis and Vatican diplomats have followed with growing concern the grave tensions and even threats of nuclear attacks that have been exchanged between the United States and North Korea.
Pope Francis meets with energy executives in Rome. Photo courtesy of Vatican Media.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis said the challenge is “to find ways of ensuring the immense supply of energy required to meet the needs of all, while developing means of using natural resources that avoid creating environmental imbalances.”
An indigenous community members attends Pope Francis' meeting with people of the Amazon in Puerto Maldonado, Peru, on Jan. 19. A Synod of Bishops on the Amazon region in 2019 will address pastoral needs of a region with few priests for the number of Catholics. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The preparatory document for the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazonian Region invites input from the local churches in the nine countries of the Amazonian region.