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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.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
“We can’t go backward,” Cardinal Robert McElroy told America’s Vatican correspondent Gerard O‘Connell at the end of the first session of the Synod on Synodality.
FaithDispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Exclusive interview: Cardinal Cupich on the end of the first session of the Synod on Synodality.
FaithSynod Diary
Gerard O’Connell
“Recognizing the divergences is unitive,” a bishop member of the synod told me. “It can provide healing.”
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Today, Pope Francis prayed “for all those who suffer” and said he hoped that “paths of peace” may be found for the conflict in the Middle East.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis again called for a stop to the fighting in Israel and Palestine, as he appealed to both sides: “Brothers, stop! Stop!”
FaithSynod Diary
Gerard O’Connell
After a heartrending testimony in the synod hall, Father Timothy Radcliffe said: “I hope it changed us.”
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis today called for the silencing of guns in Gaza and declared Oct. 27 a World Day of Prayer for peace.
Israeli soldiers inspect the burned cars of festival-goers near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Oct. 13, 2023, at the site of an attack on the Nova Festival by Hamas gunmen from Gaza. (OSV News photo/Amir Cohen, Reuters)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Francis did not say whether this “compañero” was in fact among those killed, injured or taken hostage.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis has called for the respect of “humanitarian rights…above all in Gaza,” as well as the guarantee of “humanitarian corridors” and the release of the hostages.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis today called for “the immediate release” of the more than 100 Israeli hostages taken by Hamas into Gaza and, at the same time, expressed his deep concern at the “total siege” imposed by Israel on Gaza.