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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.
Vatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
"We don’t want an abrupt change that would produce a different type of gold rush: from Communism to consumerism overnight.”
Pope Francis presides at a session of the Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 15. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Signs Of the Times
Gerard O’Connell
The 318 participants attending the meeting of the Synod of Bishops on the family have raised or discussed a wide range of topics during the first four days of this gathering. Among them are the terrible, destructive impact that war, armed conflict, poverty, unemployment, persecution and violence aga
Pope Francis leads the Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 6 (CNS photo/Ettore Ferrari, EPA).
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Over the past few days, the 270 synod fathers and other participants have discussed part 2 of the working document (“Instrumentum Laboris”), which deals with “The Discernment of the Family Vocation.”
Cardinals Dolan, Kasper and DiNardo leave opening session of Synod of Bishops on the family at Vatican
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
“I’d forgotten about it, and I didn’t think it was controversial at all,” Cardinal Dolan said.
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
The publication of the letter from thirteen cardinals to Pope Francis on October 11 by the Italian expert on Vatican affairs Sandro Magister continued to be at the center of discussion in Rome today with various declarations from cardinals and much speculation as to the motive why it was leaked a
Cardinals Dolan and DiNardo leave opening session of Synod of Bishops on the family at Vatican
Synod on the Family
Gerard O’Connell
In their letter, the cardinals wrote that some consider “the synodal procedures” as “lacking openness and genuine collegiality.”
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
In a telegram to Turkey's president, he expressed his closeness to all those suffering from the terrible attack and assured them of his prayers.
Prelates and the Vatican spokesman give a media briefing after the morning session of the Synod of Bishops on Oct. 9 (CNS/Paul Haring)
Synod on the Family
Gerard O’Connell
Working group reports show synod participants adapting to more focus on discussion, looking to the work ahead.
Prelates attend the opening Mass of the Synod of Bishops on the family celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Oct. 4 (CNS/Paul Haring).
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Several groups said the presentation of the family in the first part of the synod's working document is too negative, too bleak, because it “mainly highlights problems.”
A woman sits among sleeping migrants near the Keleti railway station in Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 3 (CNS photo/Bernadett Szabo, Reuters).
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
This morning Pope Francis urgently appealed to the International Community “to broaden its horizons beyond the immediate interests and use the instruments of international law and diplomacy to resolve the ongoing conflicts.”