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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.
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Cardinal Gracias, one of the pope’s top advisers, spoke about Francis on the eve of the fifth anniversary of his election.
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Speaking to the Sant'Egidio community, Pope Francis warned: "The atmosphere of fear can infect also those Christians who hide the gift they have received, like the slave in the parable: they do not invest it in the future, they do not share it with others, they preserve it for themselves."
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Blessed Paul VI and Archbishop Óscar Romero will soon be declared saints.
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The Memorial will celebrated on the Monday after Pentecost in churches throughout the world.
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Today’s letter reflects a somewhat different style and spirit than Benedict XVI’s “Dominus Iesus.”
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February has been one of the most violent months in the seven years of conflict.
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The pope said Rebecca Bitrus and Asia Bibi are models for a society that today has ever more fear of suffering.
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Pope Francis has appointed 16 members (eight men and eight women) to the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
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Pope Francis “normally” meets with victims of abuse on Fridays, and “sometimes this is known and sometimes it is not known.”
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“With God’s help, we can remain strong and resolute to resist evil in all its manifestations.”