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.
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Cardinal George Pell’s fraught legacy: Pope Francis critic and financial czar
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Ricardo da Silva, S.J., and Gerard O’Connell discuss Cardinal Pell and his legacy, Cardinal Zen’s meeting with Pope Francis, and Archbishop Gänswein’s new tell-all book.
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Podcast: Pope Benedict XVI’s ‘serious’ condition
On “Inside the Vatican” this week, veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell and host Colleen Dulle give an update on the former pope’s health. The rest of the podcast looks at three of Pope Francis’ Christmas messages.