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This image released by the Minya governorate media office shows bodies of victims killed when gunmen stormed a bus in Minya, Egypt, Friday, May 26, 2017 (Minya Governorate Media office via AP).
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Pope Francis denounces roadside attack on Coptic Christians in Egypt
Gerard O’Connell
The attack in central Egypt today killed at least 26 people, including children aged 2 to 4, and wounded 25 others.
Pope Francis talks with U.S. President Donald Trump during a private audience at the Vatican May 24. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) See POPE-TRUMP-MEET May 24, 2017
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Despite apprehension, Pope Francis and President Trump talked in a “relaxed, sincere way,” sources say
Gerard O’Connell
Media reports that the meeting was “cold” are “a gross misinterpretation,” a Vatican source told America.
Pope Francis waves during a visit to give an Easter blessing to homes in a public housing complex in Ostia, a Rome suburb on the Mediterranean Sea, May 19 (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano).
FaithVatican Dispatch
Optimism in the Vatican on the eve of Trump's visit to Pope Francis
Gerard O’Connell
Vatican leaders seem quietly confident that the meeting will go well.
Palestinian protesters run for cover from tear gas fired by Israeli troops in clashes on May 15 during a protest in the West Bank town of Bethlehem marking the 69th anniversary of their uprooting. Palestinians call the 1948 uprooting "nakba" or catastrophe. (CNS photo/Ammar Awad, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Catholic Church in the Holy Land says the Israel-Palestine situation “cannot be considered normal”
Gerard O’Connell
The conflict is almost certain to be on the agenda for discussion when President Trump comes to the Vatican.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Pope says he will not pre-judge Trump, will seek common ground.
Gerard O’Connell
Pope says he will not pre-judge Trump and that Marie Collins had some good reasons for her resignation from the sex abuse commission.
Pilgrims arrive at the Marian shrine of Fatima May 10 in central Portugal (CNS photo/Paulo Cunha, EPA).
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Pope Francis goes as a pilgrim to Fatima “to share the Gospel of hope and peace”
Gerard O’Connell
One million pilgrims are expected to join Pope Francis in Fatima on May 12 to 13 for the centenary celebration of the apparitions of Our Lady to three Portuguese shepherd children.
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