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.
Vatican Dispatch
This week-long journey takes him first to Cuba and then to the United States and is widely considered “the big one” of the year.
Dispatches
Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio was appointed by the pope to a commission to study the annulment process.
Dispatches
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Vatican Dispatch
Timor-Leste is the world’s most densely populated Catholic country after Vatican City.
Signs Of the Times
Cardinal John Tong Hon of Hong Kong has issued “an urgent appeal” to the Chinese authorities in Beijing to halt the demolition of crosses in the province of Zhejiang in eastern China. “The cross is the sign most representative of the Christian faith,” the cardinal reminded Ch
Vatican Dispatch
Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araujo and the Vatican’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, signed the accord during an official ceremony at the Government Palace in Dili, the capital city, on August 14.
Dispatches
More than 1,000 crosses have been forcibly removed from churches since early 2014.
Dispatches
Ken Hackett has a distinguished record in the humanitarian field having worked for 40 years with Catholic Relief Services.