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FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
“To love the poor means to combat all forms of poverty, spiritual and material."
Pope Francis visits patients at the Villa Speranza hospice, which is connected to Gemelli Hospital, in Rome Sept. 16. The visit was part of the pope's series of Friday works of mercy during the Holy Year. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano, handout)
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
“There is no obligation to have recourse in all circumstances to every possible remedy” to keep a person alive.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis condemned not only the threat of nuclear weapons but also “their very possession” in a landmark statement on Nov. 10.
Pope Francis is silhouetted after his private audience with President of Sierra Leone Ernest Bai Koroma, at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Tony Gentile/Pool Photo via AP)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
Pope Francis said that priests must inform Catholic consciences “but not replace them.”
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The appointments are further evidence of Pope Francis’ determination to assign important positions in the Roman Curia to women.
Isaac Hernandez and his wife Crystal visit a line of crosses before a vigil for the victims of the First Baptist Church shooting, Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, in Sutherland Springs, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The pope sent his “heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and the wounded.”