America This Week This week's guest is Gerard O’Connell, America’s Vatican correspondent. We discuss his new book, The Election of Pope Francis: An Inside Account of the Conclave That Changed History, an excerpt of which America <a href="https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2019/03/22/exclusive-inside-election-pope-francis">has published</a>.  We also discuss these stories:  <a href="https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2019/04/11/pope-francis-kisses-feet-south-sudan-leaders"> Pope Francis kisses the feet of South Sudan leaders</a> <a href="https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2019/04/12/wrong-way-ask-catholics-money-amid-sex-abuse-crisis"> The wrong way to ask Catholics for money amid the sex abuse crisis</a> <a href="https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2019/04/15/grieving-fire-notre-dame-during-holy-week"> Grieving the fire of Notre Dame during Holy Week</a>

How one Catholic stays faithful in the city of angels

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