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.
Politics & SocietyInterviews
Escalating violence between Israel and Palestine has left at least 213 Palestinians and 12 people in Israel dead since the outbreak of hostilities on May 11. In 2014, we spoke to Israeli Jesuit Father David Neuhaus on the more than six decades of conflict in the Holy Land.
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Vatican Dispatch
‘The Catholic Church in Korea has hit the jackpot with Pope Francis!” That’s what Thomas Hong-Soon Han told me in Seoul as the pontiff’s amazingly successful visit ended. He believes many Koreans will now want to join the church because of Francis, but he’s not sure it&
Signs Of the Times
The Vatican has clarified the current legal standing of its former nuncio to the Dominican Republic, Jozef Wesolowski, and has denied allegations that it acted in a manner meant to shield him from judicial proceedings in that Latin American state or in his native Poland. Wesolowski is accused of the
In All Things
The Vatican has clarified the current legal situation of its former nuncio to the Dominican Republic Josef Wesolowski and has denied allegations made in the U S and other media that it acted in an improper way that prevents him being subjected to judicial process in the Latin American state or in
Vatican Dispatch
Like the mustard seed, Asia's Catholic Church has great potential for growth.
Signs Of the Times
Pope Francis opened new horizons for the Catholic Churches in Asia with a groundbreaking talk on Aug. 17 to 70 bishops from 36 countries of this vast continent, in which he encouraged them to engage in a dialogue that must not only be based on identity but also must be done with “empathy.&rdqu
In All Things
Pope Francis said ldquo the unjust aggressor rdquo against the minorities in Iraq ldquo must be stopped rdquo but he added no one state can decide to intervene by itself nbsp The crime of aggression has to be taken to the UN to decide which are the best means to stop the aggressor He made c
In All Things
Pope Francis opened new horizons for the Catholic Churches in Asia with a groundbreaking talk to 70 bishops from 36 countries of this vast continent on August 17 in which he encouraged them to engage in a dialogue that is based not only on identity but which also has to be done with ldquo empathy
In All Things
Vatican Correspondent Gerry O'Connell reports from South Korea.