Podcast: Pope Francis creates 21 cardinals, calls for an end to U.S. death penalty

This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell take a closer look at Pope Francis’ latest consistory, which created 21 new cardinals on Saturday, Dec. 7. In the second half of the show, they discuss the pope’s call for an end to the death penalty in the United States and for ceasefires in the world’s wars before Christmas.

Links for further reading:

A busy weekend for Pope Francis: The Immaculate Conception, a consistory and prayers for death row inmates in the United States

Read: Pope Francis’ homily and message to new cardinals

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