President Joe Biden and Pope Francis are expected to focus on the pandemic, migration, crises in the Middle East and climate change.
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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The Vatican is worried about artificial intelligence
Speakers from several academic disciplines highlighted the need for the international community, governments, civil society and religious communities to address the myriad of issues surrounding machine learning.
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Pope Francis’ 9 commandments for a just economy
Pope Francis, in a keynote address to the popular movements this weekend, made specific appeals “in the name of God” to those responsible for key sectors of today’s world economy.
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Pope Francis clears the way for the beatification of Pope John Paul I
Today Pope Francis recognized a miracle attributed to the intercession of Pope John Paul I, opening the door to his beatification.
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Archbishop Roche: Vatican II’s reform of the Mass is ‘irreversible’
In his first public lecture as prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Archbishop Arthur Roche left no doubt as to the direction the congregation will take under his leadership.
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‘There is no need to create another church, but to create a different church,’ Francis says before synod
The synod is intended to involve all the baptized—bishops, clergy, religious and laity—at the diocesan and continental levels.
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Pope Francis receives Speaker Nancy Pelosi in private audience
Like President Biden, Speaker Pelosi is Catholic and has been attacked publicly by some American bishops for favoring abortion legislation.
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Bishop McElroy: EWTN must decide if it wants to be ‘with Peter and under Peter’
Part II of an exclusive interview with Bishop Robert McElroy on immigration, the upcoming synod and why the U.S. bishops have not defended the pope against attacks from EWTN.
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Bishop McElroy: When bishops increase barriers to Communion, we are not being the pastors Pope Francis called us to be.
An exclusive interview with Bishop Robert McElroy on whether the bishops’ should deny Communion to pro-choice politicians and the need for a true “eucharistic revival.”
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Analysis: In Vatican real estate trial, prosecution made mistakes—but not enough for charges to be dropped against Cardinal Becciu
The high-profile Vatican trial was put on hold after Vatican prosecutors failed to present their evidence to the defendants before submitting it in court.