The Vatican sex abuse summit already includes some surprises
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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How World Youth Day is changing the church
How World Youth Day is changing the church
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What will Pope Francis do with research on women deacons?
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” we explore the topic of women deacons.
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Review: The beautiful message of Jean Vanier
The simple lessons of Jean Vanier on humility and Christian love always bear repeating.
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Most people aren’t talking about God anymore—but they want to
We thought people might be interested in seeing some of their favorite celebrities talk about their faith. What we did not anticipate was that people who came across “Faith in Focus” would be excited about how normal, casual and nonjudgmental these spiritual conversations seemed.
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Yes, Hallmark Christmas movies are cheesy. Here’s why we still love them.
So what is it about these cheesy, mass-produced films that make them so irresistible?
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Has Catholic infighting gotten worse?
Gerry and Colleen look into some new developments in the stories surrounding the U.S. bishops’ delay of the vote on new sex abuse protocols. They also discuss Pope Francis’ recent initiatives to make “invisible people visible.”
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What’s behind the stalled U.S. bishops’ vote on sex abuse?
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” we devote the entire show to recent developments in the sexual abuse crisis.
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Why can’t women vote at the Synod on Young People?
Last week, a group of protestors, mostly women, gathered to call for women to be allowed to vote in the Synod on Youth, Young People and Vocational Discernment—a right that, some experts say, there is no canonical reason to deny.
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“Be Not Afraid”: The song that eases the biggest transitions in—and out of—life
Bob Dufford, S.J., started writing “Be Not Afraid” when he was, well, afraid.