Christopher Lamb
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Vatican Correspondent for CNN Author of “The Outsider: Pope Francis and his Battle to Reform the Church” Cover faith & religious affairs
The hilltop town where Pope Leo XIV is staying cool on his summer vacation. @cnn.com report: www.cnn.com/2025/07/07/t...
The hilltop town where Pope Leo XIV is staying cool on his summer vacation | CNN
After the whirlwind of his election, Pope Leo XIV has decamped to Castel Gondolfo to escape the heat of Rome and enjoy a summer vacation, like many popes before him.
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NEW: Cardinal McElroy of Washington DC describes the rounding up & deportation of immigrants as "inhumane" and "morally repugnant". In an interview with @CNN the cardinal discussed Trump's megabill, the role of women in the church & the strikes on Iran. edition.cnn.com/2025/07/03/a...
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Via @ctrlamb.bsky.social: “Cardinal McElroy of Washington DC describes the rounding up and deportation of immigrants as ‘inhumane’ and ‘morally repugnant.’ In an interview with CNN the cardinal discussed Trump's megabill, the role of women in the church and Iran.” edition.cnn.com/2025/07/03/a...
Trump’s immigrant deportations are ‘morally repugnant,’ senior US Catholic leader says | CNN
Cardinal Robert McElroy, the Archbishop of Washington, has strongly criticized the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, describing the rounding up and deportation of immigrants as “inhumane” ...
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How is the Vatican coping while Pope Francis is in the hospital? A long-view report for @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2025/03/08/e...
High anxiety and whispers of a conclave: How the Vatican is dealing with the pope’s hospitalization | CNN
With Pope Francis entering his fourth week in hospital, those working in the Apostolic Palace are grappling with the continuing uncertainty over the pope’s health. The same is true for everyone in the...
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Prayer service for Pope Francis in St Peter’s square as he remains in hospital
King Charles and Queen Camilla to meet Pope Francis in early April during a visit to Italy. www.cnn.com/2025/02/06/e...
King Charles and Queen Camilla to visit Pope Francis | CNN
King Charles and Queen Camilla will travel to Italy and the Vatican in April to meet with Pope Francis, as the Catholic Church celebrates a special Jubilee year, which takes place every quarter of a c...
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Pope Francis describes President-elect Trump’s planned deportations of immigrants as a ‘disgrace’. www.cnn.com/2025/01/19/w...
Pope describes Trump’s planned deportations of immigrants as a ‘disgrace’ | CNN
Pope Francis has criticized US President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to deport immigrants as a “disgrace.”
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In his new autobiography, Pope Francis reveals he was given a box of documents by Benedict XVI detailing "abuse, corruption, dark dealings." Francis also shows a remarkable openness about his past mistakes and wrongdoings. www.cnn.com/2025/01/14/e...
Pope Francis tells in memoir how documents on abuse and corruption cases were handed to him | CNN
One of Francis’ lasting reforms will be his reshaping of the papacy to embrace simplicity and humility. In his new autobiography, “Hope,” he shows remarkable openness about his own failings.
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Pope appoints Trump critic to be archbishop of Washington, DC @cnn.com report: www.cnn.com/2025/01/06/e...
Pope appoints Trump critic to be archbishop of Washington, DC | CNN
Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Robert McElroy, a vocal defender of migrants and critic of Donald Trump’s first administration, as the next archbishop of Washington, DC.
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Pope Francis has appointed Sister Simona Brambilla as the first female prefect of a Vatican department. She will lead the office which oversees religious congregations: nuns, monks, friars.
Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Robert McElroy, a vocal defender of migrants and critic of President Trump’s first administration, as the new Archbishop of Washington DC.
Pope Francis has called for a “negotiation” to end the war in Ukraine in a #ChristmasDay message where he appealed for weapons to be laid down in global conflicts and reconciliation between enemies. @cnn.com report: www.cnn.com/2024/12/25/e...
Pope calls for ‘lasting peace’ in Ukraine in Christmas Day message | CNN
Pope Francis has called for a “negotiation” to end the war in Ukraine in a Christmas Day message where he appealed for weapons to be laid down in global conflicts and reconciliation between enemies.
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In St Peter’s Basilica to report on preparations for the #jubilee year — an event which normally takes place every 25 years and that begins tonight with the opening of the basilica’s holy door by #PopeFrancis #ChristmasEve. Filming with a great @cnn.com team 🙏🎄⛪️
A report on what has been going on inside St Peter’s Basilica to prepare for the #jubilee, which will begin tomorrow when Pope Francis opens the basilica’s holy door. With Antonia Mortensen; filming Alessandro Gentile/Gianni Maitan; editing Max Burnell www.cnn.com/2024/12/23/t...
CNN gets rare access to St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City | CNN
One of the catholic church’s holiest sites has been preparing for an influx of millions of visitors in 2025, when Rome and the Vatican City celebrates its Jubilee Year. CNN’s Christopher Lamb gets a g...
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Pope Francis will meet President Biden in the Vatican on the 10th of January (according to the White House). The pope’s appeal for inmates on federal death row could be a topic for their discussion.
Christopher Lamb@ctrlamb.bsky.social · 2y agoPope Francis today made a special appeal for those on death row in the United States, praying that their sentence can be "commuted, changed". Francis has revised Catholic teaching to say the death penalty is "inadmissible" and should be abolished.
Pope Francis reveals two attempts were made on his life during his 2021 visit to Iraq, including by a suicide bomber. But Francis, who turns 88 today, explains in a new autobiography he was determined to carry out the risky trip to Iraq, the first by any pope. www.cnn.com/2024/12/17/e...
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Pope Francis today made a special appeal for those on death row in the United States, praying that their sentence can be "commuted, changed". Francis has revised Catholic teaching to say the death penalty is "inadmissible" and should be abolished.
Inside Notre Dame, Paris’ Gothic gem, as it reopens to the world www.cnn.com/2024/12/07/s...
Inside Notre Dame, Paris’ Gothic gem, as it reopens to the world | CNN
Five years after it was nearly destroyed in a devastating fire, Notre Dame de Paris formally reopened on Saturday with a two-hour ceremony inside the famed cathedral’s gleaming, newly renovated interi...
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“(It) may be that a Trump presidency pushes the US hierarchy closer to Pope Francis and the Vatican,” David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, told CNN. Me, looking for silver linings ... Tnx @ctrlamb.bsky.social edition.cnn.com/2024/11/27/e...
How will Pope Francis and the Catholic church navigate a second Trump presidency? | CNN
Catholic voters swung behind Donald Trump in the election. But the president-elect and Pope Francis’ visions couldn’t be further apart on issues from migration to climate change.
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Secretary of State Anthony Blinken met Pope Francis today as the Biden administration comes to an end. Now the question is how Pope Francis and the Catholic Church navigate a second Trump presidency? My analysis for @cnn.com edition.cnn.com/2024/11/27/e...
How will Pope Francis and the Catholic church navigate a second Trump presidency? | CNN
Catholic voters swung behind Donald Trump in the election. But the president-elect and Pope Francis’ visions couldn’t be further apart on issues from migration to climate change.
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Vatican: Pope Francis will make a day trip to Corsica on 15 December. No pope has visited the French island before and while there the pope will speak at a conference on popular religiosity. He’s also due to meet President Emmanuel Macron at the end of the day.
Cardinal Kevin Farrell, an Irish-American prelate, has been appointed by Pope Francis to run the Vatican's pension fund. Francis has written to cardinals saying "urgent structural measures" are necessary to deal with the fund's significant deficit. press.vatican.va/content/sala...
Letter of the Holy Father to the College of Cardinals and to the Prefects and Heads of the Curial Institutions, the Offices of the Roman Curia and the Institutions connected to the Holy See
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Can the sporty be Godly? Why the #Vatican is in the race to become a global sporting presence. Report for @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2024/11/20/s...
Can the sporty be Godly? Why the Vatican is in the race to become a global sporting presence | CNN
Rien Schuurhuis never expected to win this year’s cycling world championships. For the sole representative of the Vatican City in the 200-strong field, simply being at the race in Switzerland was enou...
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The Vatican has released details of a simplified papal funeral rite, approved by Pope Francis, which emphasize the pope as “a pastor and disciple of Christ and not of a powerful person of this world” www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-c...
Vatican publishes new edition of funeral rites for Roman Pontiff - Vatican News
Pope Francis has approved the updated edition of the liturgical book for papal funeral rites in April, which was written by the Office for the ...
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Pope Francis announced today he will canonize the first millennial saint, Carlo Acutis, over the weekend of 25-27 April 2025. Acutis, nicknamed “God’s influencer”, died of Leukaemia in 2006 at the age of 15. For more background: youtu.be/1aQC3Q-PToA?...
Teen known as 'God’s influencer' set to become Catholic Church’s first millennial saint
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How realistic is ‘Conclave,’ the movie? It tries to showcase the battle for the soul of the church that takes place during a papal election & examines the tension between the demands of faith and the desire for high office. My @cnn.com analysis: www.cnn.com/2024/11/19/e...
How realistic is ‘Conclave,’ the movie that lifts the lid on how a pope is elected? | CNN
This has been a blockbuster election year politically, so it’s fitting that a new movie shines a light on an ancient and highly secretive voting process: the selection of a new pope.
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