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.
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Podcast: Pope Francis hints at secret peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. Can he make a difference?
On this week’s show, Colleen and Gerry discuss the pope’s secret peace “mission” to Russia and Ukraine.
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Podcast: What you need to know about Pope Francis, John Paul II and the ‘Vatican Girl’ investigation
In this week’s episode of Inside the Vatican, Ricardo and Gerry discuss the “Vatican Girl” case after Pope Francis defended Pope John Paul II, and the resignation of Hans Zollner, S.J.
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Why tech bosses are looking to the Vatican for moral guidance on A.I.
On “Inside the Vatican” this week, Ricardo da Silva, S.J., and Gerard O’Connell look at the viral image of the pope in a puffer jacket, which led to a conversation on Vatican responses to A.I.
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Podcast: The Vatican’s mega-trial of the century—and the cardinal at the center of it
On this week’s episode of Inside the Vatican, Ricardo and Gerry discuss the most recent happenings in the Vatican’s mega-trial of the century with the Vatican bank.
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Podcast: Why Nicaragua suspended ties with the Vatican
President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua suspended diplomatic ties with the Vatican in what appears to be retaliation for Pope Francis’ likening his regime to “a communist dictatorship in 1917, or a Hitlerian one in 1935.”
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Podcast: Cardinal Müller, former head of the C.D.F., criticizes Pope Francis in new book
This week on Inside the Vatican, Gerry and Ricardo discuss the new book by Cardinal Gerhard Müller which blasts Pope Francis and some of his actions, and Francis’ upcoming trip to Africa.
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Podcast: Unpacking the controversies surrounding Cardinals Pell and Ouellet
On this episode of “Inside the Vatican,” Ricardo da Silva, S.J., and Gerard O’Connell dive into information revealed about the late Cardinal George Pell and new insights in the case of Cardinal Marc Ouellet.
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Explainer: Cardinal Pell’s complicated (and critical) relationship with Pope Francis
Cardinal George Pell, who died on Jan. 10, left behind an article and a memorandum that revealed his thoughts about Pope Francis, his actions, and future conclaves, among many others.