On this week’s episode of “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen and Gerry preview Pope Leo’s planned visit to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, highlighting key events and speeches and discussing Pope Leo’s health ahead of the trip.

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Chapters:
0:00 Pope Leo voted in the midterm elections
1:07 Pope Leo’s health ahead of the trip
4:40 Why Pope Leo is visiting secular Uruguay
9:45 Pope Leo’s message to Argentina
14:00 Leo’s outreach to the poor and workers
17:12 Our Lady of Lujan’s significance
19:02 Pope Francis ‘will be omnipresent’
20:59 Pope Leo’s Peruvian homecoming
24:45 Leo to visit the ‘margins’ of Peru
28:25 Leo’s familiarity with social and church issues
32:06 Outro and credits

Links:

Follow Gerry on X: @gerryorome 

Follow Colleen on Instagram: @colleendulle 

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Each week, Colleen Dulle goes behind the headlines of the biggest Vatican news stories with America’s Rome correspondent Gerard O’Connell. They'll break down complicated news stories that have a whole lot of history behind them in an understandable, engaging way. Colleen and Gerard will give you the inside scoop on what people inside the Vatican are thinking, saying—and planning.

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