A Reflection for Friday of the Third Week of Advent, 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).
Posted inFaith, News Analysis
Pope Francis is turning 87. Is it time for him to slow down?
While Pope Francis’ pastoral visits have stayed consistent, his hospital visits have increased.
Posted inFaith, News Analysis
Pope Francis wants to ‘demasculinize’ the church: What does that mean for women—and men?
Gender roles in the church need not be a zero-sum game.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
Our relationship with God is greater than our relationships with people—even those we hold dearest
A Reflection for the Saturday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time, by Colleen Dulle
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis removes Bishop Strickland of Diocese of Tyler, Texas
An investigation into Strickland was launched only six weeks after the bishop tweeted that he rejects what he called Pope Francis’ “program of undermining the deposit of faith.”
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Interview: If the synod is done right, it will strengthen bishops’ authority
In a wide-ranging interview, synod member Catherine Clifford discusses seminary formation, the authority of bishops and what’s needed to move beyond the ‘divergences’ that emerged at the synod.
Posted inFaith, Synod Diary
Synod Diary: Will synod members get to vote on the final document?
What message does it send to women when the first synod to include them as full, voting members opts to forgo an actual vote in favor of approval by applause?
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
The inspiration of holy fools
A Reflection for the Optional Memorial of St. Paul of the Cross, priest, by Colleen Dulle
Posted inFaith, Synod Diary
Synod Diary: Synod Mothers make their voices heard in Rome
When asked whether the women in the synod hall felt they were being heard, Sister Pat Murray replied as any tough nun might: “We have been well able to make our point and use our time and space well.”
Posted inFaith, Synod Diary
Synod Diary: Reading the Pact of the Catacombs at the Synod
Yesterday, the participants in the Synod on Synodality made a pilgrimage through the St. Sebastian catacombs, the burial place of at least three early Christian martyrs.