Although I had set out to answer the question, “Who is Pope Leo XIV?” the question I had succeeded in answering was “Who is Robert Prevost?”
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).
Posted inFaith, News Analysis
How will Pope Leo change the process for choosing bishops?
At the time of his appointment as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops in 2023, then-Cardinal Robert Prevost described in an interview one change he would like to see in the bishop selection process: greater involvement of lay people.
Posted inFaith, Features
A Vatican reporter on keeping the faith amid the Catholic Church’s scandals
What happened when the place I had gone for consolation became the focus of my anger
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
Transforming our loves
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time, by Colleen Dulle
Posted inFaith, News Analysis
How will Pope Leo tackle the sex abuse crisis?
Abuse experts and survivors express a mix of tentative hopes and low expectations for how Pope Leo might address disciplining abusers, supporting victims and ensuring that the church is a safe environment for all.
Posted inConclave Diary, Faith
A day before the conclave, the field is wide open
The conclave opens tomorrow, and the energy around the Holy See Press Office is alarmingly calm.
Posted inFaith, News Analysis
The conclave is a referendum on synodality
At the Synod on Synodality, the cardinals were ‘converted’ to working together in a new way. As they join their brothers in the conclave, they face a referendum on—and resistance to—their work.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
The new pope: How journalists (and cardinals) come up with their list of candidates
Since the death of Pope Francis, lists of his possible successors have proliferated on social media and in newspapers. Should you trust them?
Posted inConclave Diary, Faith
If there’s no pope, who says whether or not a cardinal is eligible for a conclave?
Canon law does not give much specific direction about who can make decisions for the church during the interregnum.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Cardinal Becciu will not participate in conclave following dispute over right to vote
Cardinal Becciu issued a statement the morning of April 29 saying, “I have decided to obey—as I have always done—the will of Pope Francis not to enter the conclave, while remaining convinced of my innocence.”