The first global report for the Synod on Synodality came out last week, and it’s the Vatican’s first official word on what they’ve been hearing in listening sessions since August 2021.
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Podcast: EWTN, a Jesuit’s secret identity and the Vatican’s missing person mystery
Host Colleen Dulle and veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell dig into three eye-catching Vatican stories this week.
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Podcast: Is the extended synod on synodality becoming a ‘Vatican III’?
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell and host Colleen Dulle explain the pope’s reasoning behind his decision to extend the synod.
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Deep dive: The ‘Synod on Synodality’ — What’s done and what comes next?
For our latest “Inside the Vatican” deep dive, we interviewed top officials in the Vatican’s synod office and ordinary Catholics holding listening sessions around the world—including someone who is more critical of the synod.
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Interview: U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican on Joe Biden and Pope Francis’ relationship, Ukraine and Catholic polarization
In an exclusive interview, Joe Donnelly, U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, discusses his diplomatic work with the Vatican—including on the war in Ukraine—with America associate editor Colleen Dulle.
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Podcast: Synod reports from all over the world are in. What happens next?
With reports from at least 112 of the 114 bishops’ conferences around the world, the Synod on Synodality has entered its next phase as 35 laypeople, priests and bishops meet to discern the outcome of the worldwide listening process.
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Podcast: Pope Francis’ Kazakhstan visit was overshadowed by one bishop’s criticism—but it shouldn’t have been
Also on the show: How does Pope Francis’ approval of sending arms to Ukraine square with his criticism of the arms trade?
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Podcast: Queen Elizabeth’s relationship with five popes
While most people, when asked to describe the relationship between the papacy and the British monarchy, would likely think of the Henry VIII affair, in reality the relationship between the two heads-of-state-slash-heads-of-churches is quite cordial.
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Podcast: Should we really be canonizing recent popes?
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell discuss the two-day of cardinals in Rome and the recent beatification of Pope John Paul I, who led the church for a mere 33 days before his sudden death.
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Podcast: Pope Francis didn’t resign this week (though some expected him to)
“Inside the Vatican” is back from summer break this week, just as the Vatican wraps up an unusually jam-packed late August.