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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.
Pope Francis adjusts the hoodie of a baby during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on March 29. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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Gerard O’Connell
A deeper dive on 'Amoris Laetitia' is planned for the World Meeting of Families, to be held in Dublin in August 2018.
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Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis, in Milan on March 25, sought to strengthen their faith and to address the dissatisfaction among young people and families due to economic difficulties, which creates fertile soil for populist movements.
Pope Francis speaks during the European Union summit at the Vatican March 24 (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters).
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Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis said opportunity can come by restoring “the pillars” on which the union was first founded.
U.S. Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, is pictured during a seminar on safeguarding children at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome March 23. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) 
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Gerard O’Connell
“If the church is not committed to child protection, our efforts at evangelization will be to no effect.”
Pope Francis prays in front of a statue of Our Lady of Fatima during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 13. The statue, which was present for the May 13 feast of Our Lady of Fatima, is a copy of the original in Fatima, Portugal. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano, pool) 
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Gerard O’Connell
Jacinta and Francisco will be the youngest children ever to be recognized as saints by the church.
Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, president of the Center for Child Protection at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, speaks at a news conference officially launching the center Feb. 16, 2015 (CNS photo/Paul Haring). 
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Gerard O’Connell
Father Zollner, one of the founding members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, speaks about the resignation of Marie Collins and efforts to prevent abuse worldwide.
Sister Simone Campbell in Philadelphia in June 2016 (CNS photo/Sarah Webb, CatholicPhilly.com).
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Gerard O’Connell
Sister Simone participated in the Voices of Faith conference in the Vatican on International Women’s Day, March 8.
Pope Francis greets children outside Our Lady Queen of Angels School in the East Harlem area of New York Sept. 25, 2015 (CNS photo/Eric Thayer).
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Gerard O’Connell
Francis is popular because he speaks in a simple, straightforward way, and people say, “I understand this pope.”
Kerry Alys Robinson and Sister Simone Campbell, a Sister of Social Service, speak during the Voices of Faith gathering March 8 at the Vatican. The event, held on International Women's Day, had the theme "Stirring the Waters-Making the Impossible Possible." (CNS photo/Massimiliano Migliorato, Catholic Press Photo)
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Gerard O’Connell
The Vatican's celebration of International Women’s Day focused on ways women can work for peace through nonviolence.
Cardinal Donald Wuerl of the Archdiocese of Washington (CNS photo/Bob Roller)
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Gerard O’Connell
Reconnecting the church “with the energy of the Second Vatican Council,” may be the pope’s greatest achievement, Cardinal Donald Wuerl of the Archdiocese of Washington said in an exclusive interview as the fourth anniversary of the pope’s election approaches.