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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.
Msgr. Dario Vigano, then-prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for Communication, is pictured at a news conference at the Vatican in this Feb. 8 file photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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Gerard O’Connell
Mgr. Dario Vigano offered his resignation on March 19, saying he did not want the flap over the Benedict letter to hinder reforms in the communications office.
A woman reacts to Pope Francis' final words during the closing Mass of the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia in this 2015 file photo. The pope will attend the next W.M.F., to be held Aug. 21-26 in Dublin. (CNS photo/Brian Snyder, Reuters) 
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Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis will attend the ninth World Meeting of Families on August 25 and 26, making him the second pontiff to visit Ireland.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The Vatican has released the complete letter by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI about Pope Francis after facing criticism for manipulating a photograph of it.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The archbishop of Guam, Anthony Sablan Apuron O.F.M. Cap., is found guilty of some of the accusations against him, including the sexual abuse of minors.
Pope Francis greets a baby during an audience with Italian nurses in Paul VI hall at the Vatican March 3. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
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Gerard O’Connell
Francis has been first and foremost “a missionary pope,” who is determined to transform the church into “a missionary church.”
Pope Francis greets Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI during a visit with new cardinals at the retired pope’s residence, Nov. 19, 2016 (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano, handout).
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Gerard O’Connell
Benedict affirmed that “there is an internal continuity between the two pontificates.”
Pope Francis walks next to Indian Cardinal Oswald Gracias as he leaves the morning session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican, Oct. 9, 2014 (CNS photo/Paul Haring).
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Gerard O’Connell
Cardinal Gracias, one of the pope’s top advisers, spoke about Francis on the eve of the fifth anniversary of his election.
Pope Francis delivers his blessing
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Gerard O’Connell
Speaking to the Sant'Egidio community, Pope Francis warned: "The atmosphere of fear can infect also those Christians who hide the gift they have received, like the slave in the parable: they do not invest it in the future, they do not share it with others, they preserve it for themselves."
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Gerard O’Connell
Blessed Paul VI and Archbishop Óscar Romero will soon be declared saints.
Pope Francis touches a statue of Mary and Jesus after crowning it during Mass at Lobito beach in Iquique, Chile, Jan. 18. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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Gerard O’Connell
The Memorial will celebrated on the Monday after Pentecost in churches throughout the world.