Voices
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.
Dispatches
"Here, I pray, with sorrow in my heart, that never again may there be tragedies like this one."
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Pope Francis does not aim to upset but only to speak the truth and call things by their real name.
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“Divergences” can be settled “by dialogue and appreciation of all that unites us.”
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"[Y]our history and the events of your beloved people stir in me admiration and sorrow," says Pope Francis to the Armenian people in preparation for his visit on June 24-26.
FaithVatican Dispatch
“‘You shall not kill’ has absolute value and applies to both the innocent and the guilty.”
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Did the pope say a majority of marriages are null?
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Bishop Ma's sudden decision to recant has sent "shockwaves" through China’s community of some 12 million Catholics.
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At the annual meeting of the World Food Program, the pope said we need to “de-naturalize” extreme poverty.
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Victor Soldano has been on death row in Texas since 1996 when he was first convicted for murder.