Pope Francis will open the synod tomorrow morning, Oct. 4, with a concelebrated mass in St Peter’s Basilica attended by 270 synod fathers from all continents.
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.
Posted inSynod on the Family
Vatican theologian declares he’s gay and has a partner
The Vatican has denounced as ldquo very serious and irresponsible rdquo the decision by Monsignor Krzysztof Charamsa an official of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith CDF to announce publicly on the eve of the synod of bishops on the family that he is homosexual and has a partner
Posted inSigns Of the Times
In Cuba, Pope Urges Young to Be Signs of Hope
Minutes after arriving in Cuba on Sept. 19, Pope Francis hailed “the process of normalizing relations between the two peoples of Cuba and the United States” after more than 50 years of estrangement as “a sign of the victory of the culture of encounter and dialogue” that
Posted inSynod on the Family
A Synod of Solutions?
Some 250 bishops from all over the world will gather in synod in the Vatican from Oct. 4 to 25 for what many consider to be the most important assembly of this kind since the Second Vatican Council. They gather exactly 50 years after that council to focus on the family and, in the words of Pope Fran
Posted inVatican Dispatch
In China, Fear of Faith
The crackdown against Christianity has taken various forms.
Posted inVatican Dispatch
Pope Francis brings radical Gospel message to the US
This week-long journey takes him first to Cuba and then to the United States and is widely considered “the big one” of the year.
Posted inDispatches
Pope Francis on annulments: further clarification from Vatican
Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio was appointed by the pope to a commission to study the annulment process.
Posted inDispatches
Kasper: we must discuss the ‘practical schism’ in the church
ldquo Many people experience the church 39 s doctrine as far from reality There is a kind of practical schism Christian couples very committed to the church for example do not live the teachings of the encyclical 39 Humanae Vitae 39 regarding birth control It 39 s a problem that needs
Posted inVatican Dispatch
Timor-Leste Celebrates
Timor-Leste is the world’s most densely populated Catholic country after Vatican City.