Christopher Lamb
@ctrlamb.bsky.social
Vatican Correspondent for CNN
Author of “The Outsider: Pope Francis and his Battle to Reform the Church”
Cover faith & religious affairs
Author of “The Outsider: Pope Francis and his Battle to Reform the Church”
Cover faith & religious affairs
Prayer service for Pope Francis in St Peter’s square as he remains in hospital
February 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Prayer service for Pope Francis in St Peter’s square as he remains in hospital
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.
January 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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.
January 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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.
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 🙏🎄⛪️
Filming with a great @cnn.com team 🙏🎄⛪️
December 24, 2024 at 5:42 PM
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 🙏🎄⛪️
Filming with a great @cnn.com team 🙏🎄⛪️
Shorter version on the Holy Door
December 23, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Shorter version on the Holy Door
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.
Francis has revised Catholic teaching to say the death penalty is "inadmissible" and should be abolished.
December 8, 2024 at 11:45 AM
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.
Francis has revised Catholic teaching to say the death penalty is "inadmissible" and should be abolished.