More than half a million refugees have passed through Lesbos over the past year.
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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Will Indonesia be Pope Francis’ next Asian trip?
Pope Francis is on record as saying that the future of the church is in Asia.
Posted inSigns Of the Times
Francis Urges Church to Reach Out, Accompany Contemporary Families
In his post-synodal apostolic exhortation on the family, “Amoris Laetitia” (“The Joy of Love”), Pope Francis not only strongly affirms the traditional Christian ideal of marriage; he also opens doors to the progressive integration into the life of the church of those Catholic
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Pope Francis appoints new nuncio to the United States
Pope Francis has appointed the French-born Archbishop Christophe Pierre, one of the Holy See’s most distinguished and respected diplomats.
Posted inFaith, Synod on the Family
‘Amoris Laetitia’ represents an organic development of doctrine, ‘not a rupture.’
Cardinal Schönborn: “There is continuity in teaching here, but there is also something really new.”
Posted inSynod on the Family
Pope Francis: the church must integrate, not exclude, Catholics in ‘irregular situations’
Integration requires discernment, but the doors are open, even to the sacraments.
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Pope Francis to visit Greece to highlight the dramatic plight of refugees
The pope plans to visit the Greek island of Lesbos in mid-April.
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As “living writers of the Gospel,” says Pope Francis, Christians should practice the works of mercy
Christians are called to be apostles of the mercy which seeks to encounter all forms of poverty and to free this world of so many types of slavery.
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In a surprise announcement, Pope Francis called for a special collection help Ukraine
Drawing attention to the ongoing violence in Ukraine, Pope Francis called for a special collection in all of the Catholic churches in Europe.
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Pope Francis’ post-synod statement on the family to be published April 8
The apostolic exhortation bears the title “Amoris Laetitia” (“The Joy of Love”), on love in the family.