There was one clear winner at this year’s post-synod elections: Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle.
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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Pope Francis Goes To Africa
He comes to bring a message of peace, reconciliation and dialogue.
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‘Africa is the place where Christianity continues to grow.’
Former Jesuit provincial for East Africa highlights the significance of Pope Francis’ trip to Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic
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Pope Francis ‘knows he is taking a risk’ with first trip to Africa
‘He is going there as a sign of love and esteem and this is a very powerful message,’ says Cardinal Francis Arinze.
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A Church of Encounter
Some find Pope Francis’ ecclesiology ‘somewhat threatening.’
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“To use the name of God to justify violence is blasphemy,” pope says
Some of the terrorists were heard shouting out “Allah u-Akbar” (“Allah is Great!”) as they launched their deadly attacks in Paris.
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Pope’s Reforms Will Continue
Pope Francis on Nov. 8 denounced the stealing and leaking of confidential documents from the Vatican as “a crime.” At the same time, he confirmed his determination to press ahead with the financial reforms that he started in July 2013 and that are now underway in the Vatican.It was the p
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Authors of two books on Vatican finances are under investigation
Gianluigi Nuzzi and Emiliano Fittipaldi could be charged for “conspiring in the crime of divulgation of confidential news and documents.”
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Francis Looks East
Something important has changed in Sino-Vatican relations.
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Pope Francis calls the Italian church to radical renewal
Pope Francis issued a clarion call to the Italian church to radically renew itself by adopting “the sentiments of Jesus: humility, disinterest and beatitude.”