This week on “Jesuitical,” Ashley and Zac sit down with Colleen Dulle, America’s Vatican correspondent and host of the “Inside the Vatican” podcast, to speak about her new book, Struck Down, Not Destroyed: Keeping the Faith as a Vatican Reporter. 

Ashley, Zac and Colleen discuss:

  • The spirituality of a Vatican reporter covering church scandals
  • Colleen’s experience attending—and leaving—the Latin Mass
  • Being present at Mass as a “professional Catholic”

In Signs of the Times, Ashley and Zac discuss Catholic reactions to the monumental Gaza ceasefire and the denial of religious leaders’ request to deliver Communion to detainees at the Broadview, Ill., ICE facility. 

They also look at Pope Leo’s first major document, “Dilexi Te,” and the newest member of the Castel Gandolfo community: Proton, the pope’s new horse.

In “As One Friend Speaks to Another,” Zac talks about his relationship with Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt in the wake of her passing, as well as her years of pastoral work at Loyola Chicago.

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A podcast for saints and sinners from America Media. Hosted by Ashley McKinless and Zac Davis.