Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell analyze the second study commission’s final report on women deacons: why its “no” still leaves the door open and what might be next for recognition of women’s ministries in the church.
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Inside Pope Leo’s first foreign trip
Fresh off of Pope Leo XIV’s first international trip, Senior Vatican Correspondent Gerard O’Connell joins host Colleen Dulle to unpack Pope Leo’s messages of unity and peace in Turkey and Lebanon.
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Synod study group updates on controversial topics: women, seminaries, bishops and more
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle and executive producer Sebastian Gomes unpack the news from the reports and analyze in-depth the work of the groups studying women’s ministries, seminary formation and the appointment of bishops.
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Podcast: Pope Leo to call world’s cardinals to Rome for meeting
On “Inside the Vatican” this week, Senior Vatican Correspondent Gerard O’Connell explains what we know about the meeting, what cardinals are expecting, and what it means that this will be Pope Leo’s first big agenda item that was not already planned for Pope Francis.
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Why the Vatican banned the controversial Marian title ‘Co-redemptrix’
On “Inside the Vatican” this week, Vatican correspondents Gerard O’Connell and Colleen Dulle discuss the new doctrinal statement on Mary and look at St. John Henry Newman being named a doctor of the church and co-patron of Catholic education.
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Podcast: Elise Allen takes us inside her interview with Pope Leo
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell talk with Elise Allen, who sat down with Pope Leo XIV in July for his first full-length interview.
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Deep Dive: Inside the Swiss Guard, protectors of the pope
In this deep dive episode of “Inside the Vatican,” the team reports from the Swiss Guard’s barracks on how the historic corps is navigating the tension between tradition and reform.
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Pope Leo’s surprise appointment to lead the Vatican bishops’ office
In this short episode of “Inside the Vatican”—abbreviated because of a forthcoming deep dive episode—Colleen and Gerry discuss Archbishop Iannone’s background and what he may bring to this influential Vatican role.
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The Vatican’s ‘trial of the century’ dramatically re-opens
This week on Inside the Vatican, co-hosts and Vatican correspondents Gerard O’Connell and Colleen Dulle give an update on the Vatican’s “trial of the century,” a sprawling financial trial that re-opened dramatically this week in the Vatican’s appeals court.
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Podcast: The Vatican’s first pop concert
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” America Vatican correspondents Gerard O’Connell and Colleen Dulle discuss a historic concert at the Vatican, Pope Leo’s birthday, and excerpts from his first major papal interview.