This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell discuss the announcement of several new papal trips, as well as the Society of St. Pius X’s rejection of a Vatican offer for dialogue and what could happen next. In the second part of the show, the hosts look at the situation of Ukrainian Catholics and the Vatican’s efforts to help end the war on its fourth anniversary.
Chapters:
- 0:00 Intro
- 0:47 Papal trips for spring announced
- 7:30 SSPX rejects Vatican proposal
- 12:33 The extra letter to SSPX that Gerry saw
- 17:30 Cardinals Muller and Sarahs’s warnings
- 19:24 What’s next for SSPX?
- 24:14 Fourth anniversary of war in Ukraine
- 26:59 Vatican response to Ukraine peace talks
- 31:02 Vatican’s humanitarian aid to Ukraine
- 34:02 Situation of Ukrainian Catholics
- 38:32 Outro and Credits
Links:
- Pope Leo XIV to embark on 10-day Africa tour and trips to Spain and Monaco
- SSPX rejects Vatican dialogue, plans to consecrate bishops without papal mandate
- Cardinals Müller, Sarah urge SSPX to submit to papal authority
- Pope Leo calls for ‘an immediate ceasefire’ to the war in Ukraine
- Four years of war: ‘The Ukrainian Catholic Church is wiped out every time there is Russian aggression.’
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