Inside The Vatican

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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.

Episode Date
After public rift, Francis restores Benedict XVI’s former secretary to Vatican service
Apr 18, 2024
What the Vatican said about gender in ‘Dignitas Infinita’
Apr 12, 2024
New Vatican document addresses gender theory, surrogacy and more
Apr 10, 2024
Deep Dive: Why Catholics are worried about seminaries and young priests
Apr 03, 2024
Pope Francis’ Holy Week
Mar 28, 2024
Vatican creates study groups on women deacons, role of bishops, seminary reform
Mar 21, 2024
11 Years of Pope Francis: What’s next?
Mar 14, 2024
Meet the Anglican woman bishop who spoke to Pope Francis about women’s ordination
Mar 04, 2024
Two of Rupnik’s alleged victims speak out
Feb 29, 2024
Go on retreat with Pope Francis this Lent
Feb 22, 2024
Pope Francis and cardinals reconsider women deacons
Feb 15, 2024
Pope Francis sends wartime letter to Israeli Jews
Feb 08, 2024
Rapid developments in Vatican-China relations: Here’s what you need to know
Feb 01, 2024
Why Pope Francis is worried about declining birth rates
Jan 25, 2024
Blessings and backlash: A conversation on ‘Fiducia Supplicans’
Jan 18, 2024
Pope Francis’ plans for 2024
Jan 11, 2024
Cardinal Becciu's embezzlement conviction
Dec 21, 2023
Father James Martin, S.J. on Vatican approval of blessings for same-sex couples.
Dec 18, 2023
Understanding the pope’s U.S. critics, with Mike Lewis
Dec 14, 2023
Did Pope Francis punish Cardinal Burke?
Dec 07, 2023
Deep Dive: What happened at the synod in Rome?
Nov 30, 2023
Update: Pope Francis cancels Dubai trip
Nov 29, 2023
Update: Pope Francis meets with Israeli, Palestinian families
Nov 22, 2023
Pope Francis removes U.S. critic Bishop Joseph Strickland
Nov 16, 2023
What the Vatican is doing on Israel-Palestine
Nov 09, 2023
Does the synod threaten bishops’ authority?
Nov 02, 2023
Synod on Synodality Debrief with Father James Martin
Oct 30, 2023
Unpacking the synod’s first letter to ‘the people of God’
Oct 25, 2023
What Asia is bringing to the Synod on Synodality
Oct 24, 2023
A synod insider on evangelization and World Mission Sunday
Oct 21, 2023
The evolution of synod secrecy at the Vatican
Oct 19, 2023
As discussion turns to women deacons, the synod ‘gets interesting’
Oct 17, 2023
Meet the lay woman who led the U.S. synod process
Oct 12, 2023
Why Pope Francis is insisting on synod secrecy
Oct 10, 2023
Everything you need to know about the Synod on Synodality | Jesuitical
Oct 07, 2023
The synod begins—inside and outside the synod hall
Oct 05, 2023
Three top moments from Pope Francis’ Marseille trip
Sep 28, 2023
Unearthed letter suggests Pius XII knew about the Holocaust
Sep 21, 2023
The case against voting at the Synod on Synodality
Sep 14, 2023
Pope Francis visits Mongolia, speaks on American critics
Sep 08, 2023
Deep Dive: Why Pope Francis is going to Mongolia
Aug 29, 2023
World Youth Day recap: A diverse and inclusive event unparalleled on the global stage
Aug 10, 2023
In Lisbon, a rejuvenated Pope Francis tells youth the church is for everyone
Aug 03, 2023
Deep Dive: Is World Youth Day worth it?
Jul 27, 2023
Vatican investigates U.S. bishop critical of Pope Francis
Jun 29, 2023
Unpacking the synod’s working document
Jun 23, 2023
Introducing "Preach: The Catholic Homilies Podcast"
Jun 19, 2023
Rupnik expelled from Jesuits for “obstinate refusal” to obey
Jun 15, 2023
How the Vatican talks about the health of the pope
Jun 15, 2023
Pope Francis hospitalized for surgery
Jun 07, 2023
How should Catholics behave on social media?
Jun 02, 2023
The secrets of Fátima and Pope Francis’ mission for peace in Ukraine
May 25, 2023
President Zelensky meets Pope Francis
May 18, 2023
What we know about Pope Francis’ secret peace mission to stop the war in Ukraine
May 11, 2023
Pope Francis hints at secret peace talks between Russia and Ukraine
May 04, 2023
Pope Francis announces women will have vote at upcoming synod
Apr 28, 2023
Pope Francis defends John Paul II against ‘offensive accusations’
Apr 20, 2023
China breaches its agreement with the Vatican on appointment of bishops
Apr 13, 2023
Pope Francis’ bounce back to ministry for Holy Week
Apr 06, 2023
Update: The Vatican repudiates the 15th century 'Doctrine of Discovery'
Mar 30, 2023
The Pope’s puffer jacket and how the Vatican is responding to A.I.
Mar 30, 2023
Pope Francis admitted to hospital for several days treatment
Mar 29, 2023
The Vatican’s mega-trial of the century
Mar 23, 2023
Why Nicaragua suspended ties with the Vatican
Mar 17, 2023
Deep Dive: After 10 years, Pope Francis remains an enigma
Mar 07, 2023
Pope Francis clarifies his vision for the economy in new book
Mar 02, 2023
Pope Francis backs Cardinal Roche on restrictions to the Latin Mass
Feb 24, 2023
Deep Dive: How saints are made in the Catholic Church
Feb 16, 2023
“Hands off Africa!” Pope Francis tells multinational companies exploiting the Congo
Feb 09, 2023
Why Pope Francis is visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo this week
Feb 02, 2023
Cardinal Müller criticizes Pope Francis in new book
Jan 26, 2023
Pope Francis in new interview: “homosexuality is not a crime”
Jan 25, 2023
Controversies surrounding two senior Vatican cardinals
Jan 20, 2023
Cardinal George Pell’s fraught legacy: Pope Francis critic and financial czar
Jan 12, 2023
The funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Jan 06, 2023
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI dies at 95
Dec 31, 2022
Pope Francis announces Benedict XVI is “very ill”
Dec 29, 2022
Rupnik was excommunicated for abuse cases
Dec 22, 2022
Parsing the facts in the Rupnik case
Dec 15, 2022
Prominent Jesuit artist sanctioned over sex abuse
Dec 08, 2022
Inside America’s interview with Pope Francis
Dec 01, 2022
Thank you Inside the Vatican listeners!
Nov 29, 2022
The date of Easter could be changing
Nov 24, 2022
Fr. James Martin on his meeting with Pope Francis
Nov 17, 2022
Prominent French bishop admits to abusing 14-year-old girl
Nov 10, 2022
What the synod heard from Catholics worldwide
Nov 03, 2022
Vatican Intrigue: A Jesuit’s secret identity and a new Netflix true crime series
Oct 28, 2022
The synod will now last four years. Could it be ‘Vatican III’?
Oct 20, 2022
Deep Dive: What's happening with the Synod on Synodality?
Oct 13, 2022
Interview: What does a U.S. ambassador to the Holy See do?
Oct 06, 2022
Synod reports from all over the world are in. What happens next?
Sep 29, 2022
Why one Kazakh bishop denounced Pope Francis’ participation in interfaith meeting
Sep 22, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II’s connection to five popes
Sep 15, 2022
Should we be canonizing recent popes?
Sep 08, 2022
Pope Francis didn’t resign this week (though some expected him to)
Sep 01, 2022
Deep Dive: Pope Francis visits Canada to apologize to Indigenous peoples
Jul 21, 2022
Deep Dive: Women will now have a hand in choosing bishops
Jul 06, 2022
The Vatican responds to overturning of Roe v Wade, Sant'Egidio continues peacebuilding in South Sudan
Jun 30, 2022
How Catholic marriage prep could be changing
Jun 23, 2022
Pope Francis: Don’t reduce the Ukraine war to ‘good guys and bad guys’
Jun 16, 2022
Does Pope Francis have plans to resign soon?
Jun 09, 2022
Pope Francis appoints new cardinals ‘from the ends of the earth’
Jun 03, 2022
Archbishop Cordileone bans Nancy Pelosi from communion. Will Pope Francis intervene?
May 26, 2022
What Cardinal Zen’s arrest means for the church in China
May 19, 2022
Fr. James Martin on his interview with Pope Francis
May 13, 2022
Putin’s “holy war” threatens Christian unity
May 12, 2022
Why the pope wants to visit Russia before Ukraine
May 05, 2022
Decoding papal diplomacy with a former ambassador to Russia and the Holy See
Apr 28, 2022
The Vatican’s diplomatic tightrope in Ukraine
Apr 22, 2022
Pope Francis’ Holy Week plans
Apr 14, 2022
Pope Francis apologizes to Indigenous residential school survivors
Apr 07, 2022
Roundtable: Indigenous survivors of abuse in Canada's residential schools tell their stories to Pope Francis.
Mar 31, 2022
Pope Francis opens top Vatican jobs to laypeople
Mar 24, 2022
Could Pope Francis visit Ukraine?
Mar 17, 2022
Deep Dive: Should there be a pope emeritus?
Mar 10, 2022
Pope Francis visits Russian embassy, calls for end to war
Mar 03, 2022
Why Pope Francis hasn’t called out Russia by name
Feb 25, 2022
Why Pope Francis is remaking the Vatican’s powerful doctrine office
Feb 17, 2022
Is Benedict XVI’s request for forgiveness enough?
Feb 10, 2022
Update: Benedict XVI responds to German abuse report
Feb 08, 2022
The Vatican’s leading expert in preventing sexual abuse weighs in on Benedict XVI’s predicament
Feb 03, 2022
Pope Benedict was accused of mishandling four abuse cases. Here’s what we know.
Jan 27, 2022
Deep Dive: The beatification of Rutilio Grande, El Salvador’s first martyr-priest
Jan 21, 2022
Update: German abuse report faults Pope Benedict, Cardinal Marx
Jan 20, 2022
Pope Francis calls out ‘cancel culture’ in address to ambassadors
Jan 13, 2022
Pope Francis' 'action-packed' plans for 2022
Jan 06, 2022
Pope Francis' Christmas message: Be humble.
Dec 30, 2021
Update: Vatican doubles down on Latin Mass restrictions
Dec 21, 2021
The biggest Vatican stories of 2021
Dec 16, 2021
Visiting a refugee camp with the pope
Dec 09, 2021
Inside the Latin American synodal gathering with Austen Ivereigh
Dec 02, 2021
What Rome thought of the USCCB meeting
Nov 25, 2021
Pope Francis knights two reporters
Nov 18, 2021
Pope Francis thanks author for book on LGBT Catholics and the AIDS crisis
Nov 15, 2021
Deep Dive: What you need to know about the Communion Wars in the U.S. Church
Nov 11, 2021
Pope Francis’ message to COP26
Nov 04, 2021
Bonus: Pope Francis tells President Biden to keep receiving Communion
Oct 29, 2021
What happens when a pope meets a president?
Oct 28, 2021
Pope Francis’ 9 commandments for a just economy
Oct 21, 2021
The ‘Synod on Synodality’ launches in Rome
Oct 14, 2021
Vatican hosts unprecedented meeting of faith leaders ahead of COP26
Oct 07, 2021
Can women in the Vatican change the church?
Sep 30, 2021
Bonus: How Pope Francis reclaimed Slovak history from populists
Sep 25, 2021
Pope Francis criticizes EWTN, reveals some people wanted him to die
Sep 22, 2021
Gerry asks Pope Francis about the ‘Communion wars’
Sep 16, 2021
Pope Francis is still recovering from surgery. Can he handle a papal trip?
Sep 09, 2021
Deep Dive: Why Pope Francis restricted the Latin Mass
Sep 02, 2021
Pope Francis restricts the pre-Vatican II Mass
Jul 16, 2021
Pope Francis recovering in hospital after surgery
Jul 07, 2021
Deep Dive: The German Synodal Way, Explained
Jun 24, 2021
Why Pope Francis rejected Cardinal Marx's resignation
Jun 17, 2021
Vatican cracks down on sexual abuse, women’s ordination and finance scandals
Jun 10, 2021
The next Vatican synod is not an event, but a process
Jun 03, 2021
If Pope Francis Had a Book Club
May 27, 2021
Pope Francis calls for peace in the Holy Land
May 20, 2021
Jesuit Superior General Arturo Sosa on Pope Francis
May 17, 2021
Vatican steps into debate on Biden receiving communion
May 13, 2021
Pope Francis strips bishops’ and cardinals’ privileges
May 06, 2021
Where else will the pope go in 2021?
Apr 29, 2021
Deep Dive: How bishops are chosen
Apr 22, 2021
The pope and the grand imam walk a ‘thorny path’
Apr 15, 2021
Did Pope Francis change his mind about Cardinal Becciu?
Apr 07, 2021
Why doesn’t the Vatican push democracy in China?
Mar 31, 2021
Bonus: Why is the Vatican restricting the Traditional Latin Mass?
Mar 26, 2021
Did Pope Francis distance himself from the CDF document on same-sex unions?
Mar 24, 2021
The Vatican says no to blessing gay unions
Mar 17, 2021
Inside Pope Francis’ Iraq visit
Mar 10, 2021
Deep Dive: Why is Pope Francis visiting Iraq?
Mar 03, 2021
Update: Pope accepts Cardinal Sarah’s resignation
Feb 24, 2021
Covid spike, rocket attack cast doubt on papal trip
Feb 17, 2021
Finally, a woman can vote in a synod
Feb 11, 2021
Pope Francis on U.S. church divisions
Feb 03, 2021
US Bishops and Vatican clash over inauguration statement
Jan 27, 2021
Can defendants get a fair trial in the Vatican?
Jan 20, 2021
Pope Francis denounces U.S. Capitol insurrection
Jan 13, 2021
Pope Francis takes away top office’s financial power
Jan 06, 2021
How 2020 changed the Vatican
Dec 30, 2020
Pope Francis’ 2020 Christmas Messages
Dec 26, 2020
Two Vatican cardinals have Covid
Dec 23, 2020
Can Pope Francis really visit Iraq?
Dec 16, 2020
Deep Dive: The Vatican-China Deal
Dec 09, 2020
How the Vatican held a consistory like no other
Dec 02, 2020
Austen Ivereigh on writing with Pope Francis
Nov 25, 2020
Juan Carlos Cruz on the McCarrick Report
Nov 23, 2020
Reactions to the McCarrick Report
Nov 18, 2020
Deep Dive: The McCarrick Report
Nov 11, 2020
The McCarrick Report in 3 minutes
Nov 10, 2020
What the Vatican thinks of the U.S. election
Nov 04, 2020
Did the pope change church teaching on same-sex unions?
Oct 28, 2020
Voting Catholic: What would Pope Francis do?
Oct 26, 2020
Pope Francis endorses same-sex civil unions
Oct 21, 2020
Why won’t the pope wear a mask?
Oct 14, 2020
Gerry and Colleen unpack ‘Fratelli Tutti’
Oct 07, 2020
Fratelli Tutti in 5 minutes
Oct 04, 2020
Mike Pompeo to visit the Vatican
Sep 30, 2020
Pope Francis: ‘God loves your LGBT children as they are’
Sep 23, 2020
From Belarus to Black Lives Matter, Pope Francis is listening
Sep 16, 2020
Pope Francis’ Covid Catechesis
Sep 09, 2020
The Secret Archives of Pope Pius XII
Sep 02, 2020
Update: Vatican releases handbook on sex abuse
Jul 17, 2020
Is the church getting closer to ordaining women deacons?
Jul 01, 2020
Benedict XVI makes surprise trip to Germany
Jun 24, 2020
Why is the Vatican silent on Archbishop Viganò?
Jun 17, 2020
How Laudato Si’ changed American Catholics’ minds on climate change
Jun 14, 2020
Pope Francis: You can’t be racist and call yourself pro-life
Jun 10, 2020
Pope Francis takes major step against Vatican corruption
Jun 03, 2020
Why the Vatican opposes Israel’s annexation plan
May 27, 2020
What a Mass in reopened St. Peter’s Basilica looks like
May 20, 2020
Royal Commission issues findings on Cardinal Pell
May 13, 2020
The Vatican’s $200m London real estate scandal
May 09, 2020
World Day of Prayer for end to Covid-19
May 06, 2020
Christopher Lamb on ‘guerilla attacks’ on Pope Francis
May 02, 2020
Pope Francis speaks on clash between Italian bishops and government
Apr 29, 2020
Vatican's Archbishop Paglia on coronavirus bioethics
Apr 25, 2020
Pope Francis assembles COVID-19 task force
Apr 22, 2020
How data mapping can help the Vatican fight COVID-19
Apr 18, 2020
Pope Francis supports ‘universal basic wage’
Apr 15, 2020
Vatican official–Archbishop Arthur Roche–on liturgies during COVID-19
Apr 11, 2020
Update: Pope Francis gives English media interview
Apr 08, 2020
Cardinal Pell’s conviction was overturned. Now what?
Apr 08, 2020
Pope Francis approves new coronavirus Mass prayers
Apr 04, 2020
Coronavirus should provoke economic conversion, Vatican leaders say
Apr 01, 2020
Pope Francis’ ‘urbi et orbi’ prayer to end coronavirus
Mar 28, 2020
Take your sins directly to God, Pope says
Mar 25, 2020
Francis walks deserted streets of Rome
Mar 18, 2020
Coronavirus case in Vatican City
Mar 11, 2020
Pope Francis catches a cold
Mar 04, 2020
Pope Francis’ vision for global politics
Feb 26, 2020
Deep Dive: Querida Amazonia
Feb 19, 2020
Update: “Querida Amazonia” in 3 minutes
Feb 12, 2020
‘Three popes’: Where is Archbishop Gänswein?
Feb 12, 2020
Will Francis finally visit Argentina?
Feb 05, 2020
Pope’s new secretary worked with street children, addicts
Jan 29, 2020
Francis appoints woman to top role in Secretariat of State
Jan 22, 2020
Did Benedict XVI co-author a new book on priestly celibacy?
Jan 15, 2020
What’s fact and what's fiction in ‘The Two Popes’?
Jan 08, 2020
Keep your eyes on Vatican-China relations in 2020
Jan 01, 2020
Pope Francis’ Christmas address to the Roman Curia
Dec 25, 2019
Francis abolishes pontifical secret for abuse cases
Dec 18, 2019
Why was Fulton Sheen’s beatification postponed?
Dec 11, 2019
Pope Francis wants to add immorality of nukes to Catechism
Dec 04, 2019
Introducing PLAGUE: Untold Stories of AIDS and the Catholic Church
Dec 01, 2019
Pope Francis' plans for South Sudan, Japan, and Thailand
Nov 13, 2019
Update: Vatican investigates ‘opaque’ London real estate deal
Nov 06, 2019
Amazon synod proposes married priests, stops short of women deacons
Oct 30, 2019
Despite outside distractions, Amazon synod presses on
Oct 23, 2019
Amazon synod takes on big ideas in first week
Oct 16, 2019
Francis and Benedict stress loyalty in messages to new cardinals
Oct 09, 2019
Pope Francis meets James Martin, S.J.
Oct 02, 2019
Who is going to the Amazon synod?
Sep 25, 2019
Can Pope Francis’ critics swing the next conclave?
Sep 18, 2019
Pope Francis: “I am not afraid of schisms”
Sep 11, 2019
Pope Francis chooses 13 new cardinals in the ‘Francis mold’
Sep 04, 2019
What does the pope do on vacation?
Jun 27, 2019
What would married priests in the Amazon region mean for the church?
Jun 20, 2019
Unpacking the Vatican’s document on gender identity
Jun 13, 2019
Bonus: How this Jesuit leads the Vatican’s fight against sex abuse without losing faith
Jun 06, 2019
What did the popes know about McCarrick?
May 30, 2019
Is the pope a socialist?
May 23, 2019
Vatican issues new universal laws on sexual abuse
May 16, 2019
Is the church getting closer to introducing women deacons?
May 09, 2019
Pope Francis' big reforms to the Roman Curia are finally coming
May 02, 2019
Pope Benedict breaks his self imposed silence
Apr 18, 2019
Two groundbreaking dialogues at the Vatican
Apr 11, 2019
Unpacking the pope’s document on young people
Apr 04, 2019
Inside Lucetta Scaraffia’s resignation and Pope Francis’ election
Mar 28, 2019
How things are changing for women in the Vatican
Mar 21, 2019
Bishop accountability and Pope Francis' sixth anniversary
Mar 14, 2019
Secret archives, Cardinal Pell and the slow progress of the sex abuse summit
Mar 07, 2019
Deliver Us: a new podcast about the sex abuse crisis
Feb 27, 2019
First day of sex abuse summit includes some surprises
Feb 22, 2019
Will a new book hijack coverage of the sexual abuse summit?
Feb 13, 2019
The pope’s historic trip to Abu Dhabi
Feb 07, 2019
Pope Francis is open to married priests—in some situations
Jan 30, 2019
How World Youth Day is changing the church
Jan 23, 2019
Vatican commission's research confirms that women served as deacons for a millennium
Jan 16, 2019
Changes and preparations ahead of the summit on sexual abuse
Jan 09, 2019
2018 Vatican News Roundup
Dec 12, 2018
Did Pope Francis change his mind on gay priests and religious?
Dec 05, 2018
Will the Vatican’s sexual abuse summit make a difference?
Nov 28, 2018
The Sex Abuse Crisis and Catholic Infighting
Nov 21, 2018
Are the bishops stalling or taking the time to get it right?
Nov 14, 2018
Who knew what when about former Cardinal McCarrick?
Nov 07, 2018
The Synod on Young People is not over
Oct 31, 2018
Why might Pope Francis go to North Korea?
Oct 24, 2018
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