At the Synod on Synodality’s Roman meetings, lay men and women have both been included for the first time as full, voting members. But, argues the Rev. Louis Cameli, if this synod is not to be a “parliament,” as Pope Francis often warns, perhaps there should be no voting in the synod at all.
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Podcast: Traveling to Mongolia with Pope Francis
On the premiere episode of this sixth season of “Inside the Vatican”Gerry and Colleen analyze the pope’s trip to the world’s most sparsely-populated country and the message he sought to deliver there.
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Podcast: ‘Todos! Todos! Todos!’ A rejuvenated Pope Francis tells young people the church is for everyone
America editor Ricardo da Silva, S.J., and Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell report from Lisbon on the opening of World Youth Day in this special episode of “Inside the Vatican.”
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Podcast: What happens when bishops are under Vatican investigation
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell tells host Colleen Dulle what he has heard from sources who have spoken to the pope in recent days.
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Podcast: Unpacking the Synod on Synodality’s working document
Colleen and Gerry unpack the Synod on Synodality’s working document and the clues it provides about the synod’s first global meeting in October.
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Podcast: How the Vatican talks about Pope Francis’ hospitalization
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell tells host Colleen Dulle what he has heard from sources who have spoken to the pope in recent days.
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Podcast: What we know about Pope Francis’ hospitalization and hernia surgery
On “Inside the Vatican” this week, hosts Gerard O’Connell and Colleen Dulle discuss the pope’s recent hospitalization to undergo surgery for a hernia causing intestinal blockage.
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Podcast: The Vatican’s new social media document has some blind spots
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell and host Colleen Dulle analyze the Vatican’s new document on social media.
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Podcast: The secrets of Fátima and the pope’s mission for peace in Ukraine
While in Portugal, Pope Francis plans to visit Fátima, the site of a recognized Marian apparition. Gerry and Colleen explain how the “secrets of Fátima” revealed there relate to the war between Russia and Ukraine.
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Podcast: What we know about Pope Francis’ secret mission to end the war in Ukraine
In this episode of “Inside the Vatican,” Gerry reports on the secret “mission” Pope Francis says he has undertaken to end the war in Ukraine.