Cardinal George Koovakad, a prominent Vatican diplomat, reminisces about his experiences traveling with Pope Francis on 13 apostolic journeys spanning 18 countries starting in 2021. The cardinal cherishes the Pope’s profound affection for the underprivileged and his unwavering commitment to promoting peace, a sentiment that resonated strongly in his last Easter address. Recently honored with the title of cardinal, Koovakad is set to play a significant role in the upcoming conclave tasked with selecting the next Pope. This seasoned Vatican official’s insights shed light on the Pope’s compassionate nature and dedication to advancing global harmony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cardinal George Koovakad, a prominent Vatican diplomat, reminisces about his experiences traveling with Pope Francis on 13 apostolic journeys spanning 18 countries starting in 2021. The cardinal cherishes the Pope’s profound affection for the underprivileged and his unwavering commitment to promoting peace, a sentiment that resonated strongly in his last Easter address. Recently honored with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":107134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120542078imgsize-32386-17.jpg",938,932,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120542078imgsize-32386-17-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120542078imgsize-32386-17-300x298.jpg",300,298,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120542078imgsize-32386-17-768x763.jpg",640,636,true],"large":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120542078imgsize-32386-17.jpg",640,636,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120542078imgsize-32386-17.jpg",938,932,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120542078imgsize-32386-17.jpg",938,932,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/author\/"},"category_info":"JUST IN<\/a>","tag_info":"JUST IN","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107133"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}