Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Robert Sarah 69 from Guinea West Africa as Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments nbsp The Vatican made the announcement on November 24 nbsp nbsp He succeeds Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera who led this congr
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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Jerusalem’s Bishop Shomali: ‘The Two-State Solution Should Be Implemented’
The United States and Europe should engage in ldquo strong mediation rdquo to bring an end to the violence that is spreading in Jerusalem and the Holy Land Bishop William Shomali the Palestinian-born auxiliary bishop of the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem told me in an interview November 20 n
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Fr. David Neuhaus: ‘How many more will have to die?’
Jesuit priest and Israeli citizen on the roots of violence in the Holy Land.
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Rabbi Ron Kronish: ‘The cycle of violence is growing worse and worse’
As the violence escalates in Jerusalem and the Holy Land I contacted Rabbi Ron Kronish a man of faith who has long worked for peace in this land and asked how he reads the present situation and what if any hopes he has for an end to the violence and the establishment of peace Rabbi Kronish is an
Posted inDispatches
Pope Francis: ‘The hungry ask us for dignity, not for charity’
Pope speaks at Second International Conference on Nutrition at the UN in Rome.
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Pope and Young Activists Say NO to Prostitution and Other Forms of Human Trafficking
Pope Francis is leading the fight against prostitution and other forms of human trafficking nbsp He is not only getting police authorities political and religious leaders worldwide involved he is also encouraging young people to take an active part in this struggle nbsp Last weekend November 1
Posted inVatican Dispatch
Francis and the Children
On Nov. 8, Pope Francis signed a decree recognizing that Silvio Dissegna, a 12-year-old Italian boy who died from bone cancer on Sept. 24, 1979, had lived the Christian virtues to a heroic degree and can therefore be called venerable.The signing of that decree may seem an insignificant event in the
Posted inVatican Dispatch
Good Stewards
‘You know that I am preparing an encyclical on ecology; be assured that your concerns will be present in it,” Pope Francis told 150 representatives of grassroots movements from 80 countries when he met with them in the Vatican on Oct. 28.As pastor in Buenos Aires, he knew the potential o
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Pope Francis reminds G20 leaders of ‘responsibility for the poor and the marginalized’
Pope Francis has sent a letter to the Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott who will chair the Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the world rsquo s 20 largest economies that will be held in Brisbane Nov 15-16 The G20 includes the 19 major developed and developing economies of the w
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Pope Appoints Archbishop Gallagher as Secretary for Relations with States, Replaces Cardinal Burke with Archbishop Mamberti
In a series of top level changes in the Roman Curia Pope Francis has appointed the English-born Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher as Secretary for Relations with States ndash the third highest position in the Vatican nbsp nbsp nbsp He succeeds the Moroccan-born Archbishop Dominque Mamberti wh