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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
“We cannot say there are bishops who are on the left and ones that are on the right. This is a false analysis,” said Cardinal Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States.
FaithVatican Dispatch
“We can’t go backward,” Cardinal Robert McElroy told America’s Vatican correspondent Gerard O‘Connell at the end of the first session of the Synod on Synodality.
FaithDispatches
Exclusive interview: Cardinal Cupich on the end of the first session of the Synod on Synodality.
FaithSynod Diary
“Recognizing the divergences is unitive,” a bishop member of the synod told me. “It can provide healing.”
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Today, Pope Francis prayed “for all those who suffer” and said he hoped that “paths of peace” may be found for the conflict in the Middle East.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Pope Francis again called for a stop to the fighting in Israel and Palestine, as he appealed to both sides: “Brothers, stop! Stop!”
FaithSynod Diary
After a heartrending testimony in the synod hall, Father Timothy Radcliffe said: “I hope it changed us.”
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Pope Francis today called for the silencing of guns in Gaza and declared Oct. 27 a World Day of Prayer for peace.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Francis did not say whether this “compañero” was in fact among those killed, injured or taken hostage.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Pope Francis has called for the respect of “humanitarian rights…above all in Gaza,” as well as the guarantee of “humanitarian corridors” and the release of the hostages.