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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.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
“The relation between hunger and migrations can only be faced if we go to the roots of the problem.”
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis announces that there will be a Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazonian region in 2019.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The Vincentians, founded by St. Vincent de Paul, traveled to Rome to celebrate their 400th anniversary with Pope Francis.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell

Pope Francis today assured his “heartfelt solidarity” and “prayers” for all those affected by the wildfire that is causing disasters in California. He mentioned in particular “those who mourn the loss of their loved ones” and those “who fear for the lives of those still missing.”

He also sent words of “encouragement” to the civil authorities and the emergency personnel “as they assist the victims of this tragedy.”

FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The Vincentian family was founded 400 years ago.
Pope Francis speaks during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 11. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The pope’s comments and the timing of them suggest that a revision of the Catechism of the Catholic Church may be forthcoming to reflect this new development in the church’s understanding.
Pope Francis greets Muireann O'Carroll, 16, from Ireland during an audience with participants in an international congress on protecting children in a digital world, at the Vatican Oct. 6. The pope pledged "to work strenuously and with foresight for the protection of minors and their dignity." (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Gerard O’Connell
The Declaration of Rome appealed “to leaders of the world’s great religions to inform and mobilize members of every faith to join in a global movement to protect the world’s children.”
Pope Francis leaves with Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, after addressing the general assembly of the academy at the Vatican, Oct. 5 (CNS photo/Paul Haring).
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The pope was speaking on Oct. 5 at an assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life.
 Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, attends the World Congress "Child Dignity in the Digital World" at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. (CNS photo/Tony Gentile, Reuters)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Cardinal Parolin said that “the sexual abuse of minors constitutes a very vast and widespread phenomenon."
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
“It’s not about scaremongering. It’s about protecting children from abuse on the internet.”