Relations between the Holy See and Vietnam are moving ahead in a positive way.
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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Vatican Secretary of State extends ‘good wishes’ to President-elect Trump
‘I believe that today there is, in fact, a need for everyone to work to change the world situation, which is a situation of grave wounds, of grave conflict.’
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Meet Pope Francis’ surprising pick to lead the Archdiocese of Newark
Archbishop Tobin is a man of simple lifestyle, committed to dialogue, encounter and the poor.
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Today, Pope Francis celebrated Mass with 1,000 prisoners at the Vatican
“I tell you that every time I enter a prison I ask myself, ‘Why them, not me?’”
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Pope Francis denounces the ‘basic terrorism’ of a global economy built on exclusion and war
“We must help to heal the world of its moral atrophy,” the pope said at the World Meeting of Popular Movements.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
From the start, Pope Francis has rejected status symbols
Pope Francis told journalists, “How I would like a church which is poor and for the poor!”
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Pope Francis’ participation in Reformation anniversary focuses on friendship and trust, not only theology, says Cardinal Kasper
Christian unity requires conversion: “It needs conversion of the papacy, conversion of bishops, conversion of Lutherans and of Catholics.”
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Jesuit leader reflects on Pope Francis’s GC 36 address
Pope Francis is the first Jesuit pope to address a general congregation.
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Francis promotes dialogue rather confrontation in his picks for three American cardinals
Sometimes Pope Francis’ actions are even more eloquent than his words.
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Breaking: Pope Francis meets with Venezuela’s President Marduro
The pope is seeking to get the government and opposition to negotiate a peaceful solution to the present crisis.