This week on a special “Inside the Vatican” roundtable, a discussion of “Magnifica Humanitas,” Pope Leo’s groundbreaking first encyclical on protecting the human person in the age of artificial intelligence. Host Colleen Dulle sits down with her co-host and senior Vatican correspondent, Gerard O’Connell, as well as America’s president and editor in chief, Sam Sawyer, S.J.
Inside the Vatican
Each week, Colleen Dulle goes behind the headlines of the biggest Vatican news stories with America’s Rome correspondent Gerard O’Connell. They'll break down complicated news stories that have a whole lot of history behind them in an understandable, engaging way. Colleen and Gerard will give you the inside scoop on what people inside the Vatican are thinking, saying—and planning.
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A.I., human dignity and peace: What you need to know about Pope Leo’s first encyclical
Leo stresses that, for all of us, the ethics of A.I. cannot be simplified into “good use of A.I. is good, evil use of A.I. is evil”—A.I. is not, he says, a morally neutral tool, but “embodies choices and priorities through what it measures, ignores and optimizes, and how it classifies people and situations.”
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What we know about Pope Leo’s upcoming A.I. encyclical
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Gerard O’Connell and Colleen Dulle look ahead to the release of Pope Leo’s first major teaching document, “Magnifica Humanitas,” on protecting humanity in the A.I. age.
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Marco Rubio’s Vatican visit, explained
This week on “Inside the Vatican”: Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s meeting with Pope Leo XIV. Plus, the Vatican warns the SSPX that it’s on the road to schism.
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Deep Dive: The first American pope—how it happened and what it means
In this deep dive episode of “Inside the Vatican,” we examine how the U.S. evolved from a nation with a long history of anti-Catholicism to one welcoming an American-born pope.
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‘Speaking fearlessly’: Pope Leo’s Africa Trip
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Gerry O’Connell gives Colleen Dulle an inside look at Pope Leo XIV’s recent visit to four African countries.
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Vatican Diplomacy 101 with Archbishop Joseph Marino
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Archbishop Joseph Marino, former president of the Vatican’s diplomacy academy, joins Colleen Dulle to answer: Who are nuncios? What do they do? And what difference do they really make?
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Podcast: ‘Don’t Take the Bait’: A Roundtable on Trump’s Pope Leo Comments
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” America Editor-in-Chief Fr. Sam Sawyer, SJ, joins Vatican Correspondent Colleen Dulle and Executive Editor Ashley McKinless for a roundtable discussion on the recent comments President Trump and other administration officials have made about Pope Leo, and the pope’s response given en route to his tour of four African countries.
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Podcast: Pope Leo denounces Trump’s Iran threats
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen and Gerry recap a packed two weeks of Vatican news, covering Pope Leo’s first Holy Week celebrations and his comments on President Trump’s threat to wipe out ‘an entire civilization.’
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Roundtable: Catholic women react to the Vatican’s report on women’s leadership
In March 2026, the Vatican’s doctrine office released its final report on women’s participation in the life and leadership of the Catholic Church. The report brings to a close the two-year work of Study Group 5, which, as part of the Synod on Synodality, was tasked with studying women’s ministries and leadership. In this special roundtable conversation, editors at America magazine discuss the report’s content and proposals, and ask if the document changes the status quo for women in the Catholic Church.