A Reflection for the Feast of Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, archangels, by Colleen Dulle
Colleen Dulle
Colleen Dulle is the Vatican Correspondent at America and co-hosts the "Inside the Vatican" podcast. She is the author of Struck Down, Not Destroyed: Keeping the Faith as a Vatican Reporter (Image, 2025).
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Mary Magdalene’s friendship with Jesus
A Reflection for Friday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time, by Colleen Dulle
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Review: When popes play peacemaker
Vatican diplomacy has as its primary goal peace through dialogue, which runs counter to the complex dance of pressures and negotiations that nation-states use to jockey for power on the global stage.
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In moments of crisis, we go back to the basics of our faith
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time, by Colleen Dulle
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How is God separating the ‘wheat and the chaff’ in you?
A Reflection for the Seventeenth Thursday in Ordinary Time, by Colleen Dulle
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Deep Dive: The painful history of the Catholic Church in Canada
Pope Francis will soon arrive in Canada. What is the history of residential schools in Canada? And what might a papal apology mean in a long, important process of truth-telling and reconciliation?
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The kingdom of God could come like a hurricane
A Reflection for the Fourteenth Wednesday in Ordinary Time, by Colleen Dulle.
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Will Pope Francis resign? Here are some reasons to believe it—and some to be skeptical
Pope Francis’ planned trip to the tomb of Celestine V—the first pope in history to resign by choice—is fueling speculation the the pontiff might be preparing to retire soon.
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There are plenty of good reasons for Pope Francis not to go to Ukraine. Futility is not one of them.
After months of saying publicly he would do everything possible to stop the war in Ukraine, including making a visit to the besieged country, Pope Francis said that a trip to Ukraine was now off the table.
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Interview: Former U.S.-Vatican ambassador says Pope Francis going to Ukraine is ‘advisable, for sure.’
Former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Ken Hackett, in an interview with America, shared his views on the possibility of a papal trip to Ukraine.