Pope Francis has declared Mother Teresa of Calcutta a saint of the church and a model of Christian life.
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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Rome Prepares to Canonize Mother Teresa, ‘Saint of the Slums’
Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the “saint of the slums,” will be canonized in Rome on Sept. 4.
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Suffering and Heroism After Quake
As hope of finding any more survivors dimmed, the official death toll after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake rocked central Italy reached 290 on Aug. 29. The quake and over 300 aftershocks devastated the homes and lives of thousands of people in the early hours of the morning of Aug. 24.At least 400 peopl
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What happened when Pope Francis met Kirill
Pope Francis made history earlier this year when he met the Russian Orthodox patriarch
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Pope Francis calls on citizens to push for ‘even more ambitious goals’ on climate change
Read the pope’s first-ever message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation.
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Pope Francis launches a new Vatican department, including an office for refugees reporting directly to him
The new Vatican department focuses on “integral human development.”
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Why the Vatican hopes an agreement with China is within reach
The Catholic Church’s formal relationship with China broke off in 1951, but the Vatican secretary of state explains why that might be about to change.
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As the quake’s death toll grows, scenes of tragedy and heroism in central Italy
The sorrow and pain is great. The stories of heroic deeds of rescuers and ordinary people are great, too.
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Pope Franics expresses “heartfelt sorrow and spiritual closeness” to those hit by powerful earthquake in Italy
The quake left at least 120 people dead, including many children, and obliterated mountain villages.
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Pope Francis is returning to Assisi, 30 years after the first interfaith World Day of Prayer for Peace
The pope is expected to reaffirm the vital contribution that different religions can make to peace in the 21st century.