Addressing 90 experts from many countries, Francis said that “all people have a right to safe drinking water.”
Gerard O’Connell
Gerard O’Connell is America’s senior 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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Top Vatican Legal Expert: Pope Francis opens the door to Communion for Catholics in irregular marriages
“Amoris Laetitia” addresses the reality of Catholics in “non-legitimate unions” and opens the possibility for them to receive the Eucharist under certain conditions.
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Pope Francis: Protecting the world’s migrants and refugees is a moral imperative
The pope’s emphasis on protecting undocumented workers is particularly significant for Europe and the United States, where the treatment of refugees and migrants has been a consistent challenge.
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How the Vatican’s communications director is changing how Pope Francis talks to the world
Msgr. Viganò has direct responsibility for the secretariat’s editorial division, where he said, “we are now building a central content hub,” following the “Disney business model.”
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Pope Francis in preface to new book: The church must be ‘extremely severe’ with pedophile priests
Francis denounced the abuse of children by priests as “an absolute monstrosity, a horrendous sin, that is radically contrary to all that Christ teaches.”
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President Trump could visit Pope Francis in May
It is clear that if the president requests an audience, “the door would be open.”
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Pope Francis says Italian Jesuit review has given a faithful reading of his papacy
The pope welcomed the news that La Civilta Cattolica will now be published in English.
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Cardinal Tong: The Vatican and China could be close to a milestone agreement
One fruit of this Sino-Vatican agreement, which neither side has confirmed, will be that “from now on, there will be no more the crisis of a division between the open and underground communities in the church in China,” wrote Cardinal Tong.
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German Evangelical Church issues historic invite to Pope Francis
Catholics and evangelicals must “continue to witness together to the Gospel and to continue on the road to full unity,” Francis said.
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A Super Bowl message from Pope Francis: But is he rooting for the Falcons or the Patriots?
Pope Francis prays that this year’s Super Bowl “may be a sign of peace, friendship and solidarity for the world.”