The encyclical letter “Fratelli Tutti” returns to many major themes of Francis’ papacy, reports America’s Gerard O’Connell, but incorporated into a grand vision of social friendship and international cooperation.
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 releases its 2019 financial statement as scandals persist
Father Guerrero emphasized that the Roman Curia is not like a corporation or company seeking to make profit: “Our mission will always tend to produce deficits, it will never generate enough funds [for our needs].”
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Interview: Assisi archbishop on the pope’s new encyclical and devotion to St. Francis
Domenico Sorrentino speaks to America about Pope Francis’ deep devotion to St. Francis of Assisi. The pope will sign his new encyclical, “Fratelli Tutti,” in Assisi on Saturday, Oct. 3.
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Why is Australia’s Cardinal Pell returning to Rome?
Some media have suggested that Francis had asked Cardinal Pell to return to Rome, but there is no evidence for this assertion.
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Cardinal Becciu denies wrongdoing, says Pope Francis asking for his resignation was ‘surreal’
Cardinal Becciu held a press conference in what was clearly just the beginning of his battle to prove his innocence.
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Powerful Vatican Cardinal Becciu resigns amid financial scandal
The powerful head of the Vatican’s saint-making office, Cardinal Angelo Becciu, resigned Thursday from the post and renounced his rights as a cardinal amid a financial scandal that has reportedly implicated him indirectly.
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Suspended Irish priest Tony Flannery calls Vatican inquiry ‘unjust’
The C.D.F. said today: ‘We did everything possible to dialogue with Father Flannery. It wasn’t always easy.’
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Pope Francis to parents of L.G.B.T. children: ‘God loves your children as they are.’
Mara Grassi told Pope Francis, “We wish to create a bridge to the church so that the church too can change its way of looking at our children, no longer excluding them but fully welcoming them.”
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Responding to critics, Vatican clarifies Pope Francis’ new encyclical is addressed to both men and women
“Fratelli tutti,” the title of Pope Francis’s new encyclical is to be understood as including both men and women, the Vatican stated today in a front-page editorial in L’Osservatore Romano, its daily newspaper, headlined “an encyclical for all brothers and sisters.”
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The Vatican is ready to renew its deal with China. Privately, officials admit they’re walking a tightrope.
Vatican officials have publicly defended the agreement with enthusiasm. Privately, they are more sober in their analysis.