Pope Francis has chosen one of the Holy See’s most accomplished diplomats for this important post.
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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The way that Pope Francis broke protocol that most people missed
The way that Pope Francis broke protocol that most people missed
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Pope Francis: ‘Globalization of Indifference’ Contributes to Killing
Pope Francis expressed his closeness to the Missionaries of Charity, founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta, after four of their sisters were killed in Aden, the port city of Yemen, on March 4. Departing from his prepared text during the Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square, he hailed these sist
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Pell Pledges to Work With Abuse Survivors After Meeting in Rome
Cardinal George Pell of Australia promised to work with a group of survivors of sexual abuse to help prevent suicide among victims and support healing and protection programs, even as he faced scalding criticism in Australia after days of giving testimony from Rome to an investigating commission in
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Voices of Faith discussed the expanding role of women in the church at the Vatican.
“This conversation about women is not for women, it is for the church.”
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Pope Francis says nuns killed in Yemen attack are victims of ‘the globalization of indifference.’
The pope prayed Mother Teresa would accompany into paradise these four “martyrs of charity.”
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Pope Francis’ press conferences reflect a free and fresh perspective
Francis feels free to offer a fresh look at issues of prudential judgment.
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Cardinal Pell concludes testimony to Australian commission on child sexual abuse
The cardinal said, in hindsight, “I would agree that I should have done more.”
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Cardinal Pell tells the Royal Commission that he was deceived by two bishops about abusive priests.
Cardinal Pell testified about an “extraordinary world of crimes and cover-ups,” where many wanted to keep the status quo.
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Pell says he did not have timely knowledge of the crimes of most notorious pedophile priest in Australia.
As a young priest in the early 1970s, Pell lived in a presbytery with Australia’s most notorious pedophile priest.