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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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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.
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Louisiana pro-life leaders applaud ban on abortions after 15 weeks
Louisiana and Mississippi would have the earliest abortion bans in the country if the law is upheld.
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50 years later, the Catonsville Nine inspire a new generation of Catholic activists
A famous act of civil disobedience still inspires activists a half-century later.
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Philadelphia Archdiocese sues city over foster care placements
At issue is a long-standing practice of CSS not to perform evaluations of the homes of same-sex couples wishing to care for foster children.
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Loyola Chicago savors sweet 16 run after grassroots rebuild
In 100 years of basketball at Loyola, no team has won more games than this year’s Ramblers (30-5).
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Where are the millennial Catholic activists?
Millennials need to acknowledge that our parents’ generation will not be able to lead the way forever.