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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 inDispatches
Gänswein: Pope Francis is Full of Surprises and Some Unpredictability
An interview with the pope’s private secretary in La Nación
Posted inDispatches
Pope: ‘Humility Is God’s Way, and Must Be the Way of Christians’
ldquo Humility is above all God rsquo s Way rdquo and it ldquo must be the way of Christians rdquo Pope Francis said in his homily at mass on Palm Sunday in St Peter rsquo s Square attended by some 100 000 pilgrims and followed on TV by an estimated global audience of hundreds of millions The
Posted inDispatches
A Unique Chalice for Pope Francis’ Visit to New York
In a highly original initiative ahead of Pope Francis rsquo visit to New York in September Catholics from across the United States are being given an opportunity to donate small personal silver coins or objects that can be used in the making of the chalice that he will use when he celebrates mas
Posted inVantage Point
Meeting the Risen Lord: From March 26, 1983
Even nowadays—or should I say especially nowadays?—the sight of two people very much in love still delights us. The world continues to love and make excuses for lovers. A truly great love story will fill the cinemas and top the list of best-sellers. Yet the modern world has come to belie
Posted inVatican Dispatch
Francis’ Prophecy
Revelation that the pope has “the feeling” that his papacy will be a short one has caused deep concern among Catholics worldwide
Posted inSigns Of the Times
Netanyahu Victory May Doom Two-State Solution for Middle East
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel snatched victory out of what pollsters had predicted would be a shock defeat by ending his campaign with a rejection of a two-state solution for the 67-year-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict, by raising an alarm over Arab-Israeli voters that many condemned
Posted inDispatches
Jerusalem’s Bishop Shomali: U.S. Should Not Veto Palestinian Statehood
ldquo The majority of Arab Israelis feel disappointed rdquo at the results of the recent Israeli elections and feel ldquo unable to change the status quo rdquo Bishop William Shomali the Palestinian auxiliary-bishop of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem told me in this exclusive interview B
Posted inDispatches
Israel’s Rabbi Kronish: ‘Peace Will Not Be On The Agenda of the New Government’
ldquo Israeli society is in a state of shock rdquo after the recent election Rabbi Ron Kronish a leading interreligious educator and activist in Israel told me in this exclusive interview in which he analyzes the results and what is likely to happen now The Rabbi who has lived in Israel for th
Posted inDispatches
Pope Gives Hope, Slams Corruption in Naples
Francis ate and met individually with 112 detainees at the city’s prison