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FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis has appointed Paolo Ruffini, 61, an Italian layperson with wide experience in print, radio and television, as the new Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis celebrated Mass for the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul with 14 new cardinals and gifted 27 new archbishops their palliums to bring home to their respective archdioceses.
Argentina's Lionel Messi, front competes for the ball during the match between Argentina and Nigeria at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the St. Petersburg Stadium in St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 26. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Francis vowed decades ago not to watch TV, but he still follows how Argentina is faring in the World Cup.
Pope Francis and with French President Emmanuel Macron, left, exchange gifts on the occasion of their private audience, at the Vatican, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. (Alessandra Tarantino/Pool Photo via AP)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Their conversation was the longest between the pope and a head of state since Francis’ meeting with President Obama in 2014.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
It is the first time that a Vatican official has been condemned for such a crime.
Pope Francis arrives in procession to celebrate Mass at the Palexpo convention center in Geneva June 21. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
“Walking, praying and working together: This is the great path that we are called to follow.”