Pope Leo XIV intends to call all of the world’s cardinals to Rome in January for what’s called an “extraordinary consistory,” which popes use to let cardinals know their plans and to ask for advice. On “Inside the Vatican” this week, Senior Vatican Correspondent Gerard O’Connell explains what we know about the meeting, what cardinals are expecting, and what it means that this will be Pope Leo’s first big agenda item that was not already planned for Pope Francis.
In the second part of the show, Gerry and host Colleen Dulle look at a new appointment in the Prefecture of the Papal Household and explain how this office, which controls access to the pope, is undergoing a major leadership transition. The two also discuss a forthcoming Vatican document on monogamy, arising from questions that African bishops raised about polygamy at the Synod on Synodality.
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