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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.
Vatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The recent extraordinary assembly of the Synod of Bishops is likely to go down as a milestone in the history of the church. It was the first time since Paul VI established this organ of collegiality on Sept. 15, 1965, that the assembly “truly functioned as a synod and not a staged gathering of
Vatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The next 12 months will be an enriching and challenging period for local churches.
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis was given a five-minute standing ovation after he delivered an awesome address to the 253 participants at the closing session of the synod of bishops on October 18 in which he identified five temptations that he had seen at the synod and told them ldquo we have one year to mature rd
Pope Francis leaves the concluding session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 18. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
The Final Report of the synod on the family revealed that the synod has closed no doors all the main questions are still on the table and an absolute majority of the synod fathers are with Pope Francis in favor of a Church that like the Good Samaritan reaches out to care for all her ldquo wounde
Pope Francis thanks the media as he leaves the concluding session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 18. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
The atmosphere is tense around the Vatican on the eve of the vote on the Final Report of the extraordinary synod on the family nbsp It has revived memories of what happened in the early days of the Second Vatican Council those who were here at that time tell me nbsp A number of synod fathers ha
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Vietnam rsquo s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said his meeting with Pope Francis in the Vatican on Saturday October 18 ldquo will present an opportunity for both sides to enhance mutual understanding thus strengthening the relationship between Viet Nam and the Holy See rdquo The meeting he sa
Cardinals, bishops and auditors pose outside Paul VI hall during the morning session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 16. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Right now a lot of work is being done behind the scenes at the synod of bishops in the Vatican as a team of eleven synod fathers assisted by expert staff sift through the hundreds of amendments and additions to the synod rsquo s interim-Report on the family and begin drafting its Final Report Giv
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
The synod is on the home stretch The drafting of the Final Report begins tomorrow Oct 16 The finished text will be presented to the plenary assembly on Saturday morning Oct 18 and voted on that afternoon There is a sense of great expectation even some anxiety as participants wait to read t
Vatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis is concerned about the formation candidates for the priesthood are receiving.
SYNODAL STROLL. Cardinals and bishops leave the Oct. 9 morning session at the Vatican.
Signs Of the Times
Gerard O’Connell
One of the Vatican’s top canon lawyers at the Synod of Bishops on the Family says the current process for the annulment of marriages in the Catholic Church could be streamlined and expanded to the benefit of many people whose marriages have broken down.Cardinal Francis Coccopalmerio of Italy s