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Gerard O’Connell is America’s 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.
Members of the leadership team of Caritas Internationalis, elected during the organization's general assembly, meet reporters at the Vatican press office May 16, 2023. From left are: Patrick Debucquois, treasurer; Kirsty Robertson, vice president; Archbishop Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo; and Alistair Dutton, secretary-general. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Caritas Internationalis held its general assembly in Rome last week and elected a new leadership team to coordinate its work in more than 200 countries.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis emphasized in particular “the urgent need for ‘gestures of humanity’ towards the most fragile persons, the innocent victims of the conflict.”
pope francis sits across from president volodymyr zelensky in the vatican
Politics & SocietyNews
Gerard O’Connell
President Zelensky could visit Pope Francis in his possible trip to Rome this weekend, which would be an extraordinary and highly significant development.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Gerard O'Connell explains what we know about Pope Francis' secret peace "mission" to end the war in Ukraine.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Francis met the papal abuse commission at a time when many questions have been raised about its organization, governance and direction following the resignation at the end of March of Hans Zollner, S.J.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis is expected to encourage solidarity in the face of the ever greater humanitarian crisis arising from the war in Ukraine and to appeal for an end to the war.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
For the first time in the history of the synod, Pope Francis has given women the right to vote and has also made a radical change to the membership of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis wants to visit Argentina, his homeland, in 2024 and has told Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the private secretary of the late Pope Benedict XVI, that he has to leave his Vatican apartment in the coming months.
king charles walks wearing a dark suit with green grass behind him
FaithNews
Gerard O’Connell
At King Charles III's coronation, the Cross of Wales will have two small relics of the True Cross incorporated within it, showing the connection between the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
In a Sunday audience with pilgrims, Pope Francis denounced the “offensive and baseless allegations” made against St. John Paul II by Pietro Orlandi, the brother of Emanuela Orlandi, the 15-old “Vatican girl” who disappeared on June 22, 1983.