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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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Francis spoke after one of the worst days of violence in the Holy Land since 2014.
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In their first meeting, Pope Francis provided the bishops with texts to pray and meditate on.
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A family of six that included two young children carried out deadly attacks on three churches in Indonesia on Sunday.
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In an extraordinary response to a widening sexual abuse crisis, Chilean bishops will arrive in Rome this weekend to participate in a summit called by Pope Francis, May 14 through 17.
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“Never forget that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was a lay person and his first disciple.”
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A Vatican source explained that whenever the pope is invited to such a large public event he does not see the guest list in advance nor is the list checked by Vatican officials, as they trust the organizers of these gatherings to act in a responsible way.
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The pope met with three victims of Chile’s most notorious predator priest, Father Fernando Karadima
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Cardinal George Pell is set to stand trial on charges of sexual abuse that go back decades.
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The three Chilean victims of abuse have each commented positively on their personal encounters with Pope Francis over the weekend.
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The pope is praying especially for peace in Syria, Nigeria and the Koreas.