Pope Francis’ peace mission, which he first announced on April 30, now appears to be underway.
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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Interview: New Vatican charity leaders look to the future after workplace crisis
Caritas Internationalis held its general assembly in Rome last week and elected a new leadership team to coordinate its work in more than 200 countries.
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Pope Francis meets with President Zelensky in the Vatican for first time since the war in Ukraine began
Pope Francis emphasized in particular “the urgent need for ‘gestures of humanity’ towards the most fragile persons, the innocent victims of the conflict.”
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Reports: Zelensky could visit Pope Francis in first papal meeting since beginning of war
President Zelensky could visit Pope Francis in his possible trip to Rome this weekend, which would be an extraordinary and highly significant development.
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Pope Francis’ secret Ukraine-Russia peace mission, explained
Gerard O’Connell explains what we know about Pope Francis’ secret peace “mission” to end the war in Ukraine.
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Pope Francis to conflict-ridden sex abuse commission: This is ‘the moment of reparation.’
Francis met the papal abuse commission at a time when many questions have been raised about its organization, governance and direction following the resignation at the end of March of Hans Zollner, S.J.
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Pope Francis visits Hungary this weekend as war rages on in neighboring Ukraine
Pope Francis is expected to encourage solidarity in the face of the ever greater humanitarian crisis arising from the war in Ukraine and to appeal for an end to the war.
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For first time in history, Pope Francis gives women right to vote at the synod
For the first time in the history of the synod, Pope Francis has given women the right to vote and has also made a radical change to the membership of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality.
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Pope Francis plans to visit Argentina in 2024 and says Archbishop Gänswein must leave the Vatican
Pope Francis wants to visit Argentina, his homeland, in 2024 and has told Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the private secretary of the late Pope Benedict XVI, that he has to leave his Vatican apartment in the coming months.
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Pope Francis gives relics of the True Cross to King Charles III for his coronation
At King Charles III’s coronation, the Cross of Wales will have two small relics of the True Cross incorporated within it, showing the connection between the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion.