Podcast Episodes

Update: Vatican doubles down on Latin Mass restrictions

On Saturday, Dec. 18, the Vatican issued some clarifications about its restrictions on the pre-Vatican II Latin Mass. These restrictions had been pub…

4 years, 9 months ago

The biggest Vatican stories of 2021

This week on “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle and Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell take a look back at this year in Vatican news.

This y…

4 years, 9 months ago

Visiting a refugee camp with the pope

Pope Francis traveled to Cyprus and Greece from December 2-6, casting a spotlight on two nations that receive tens of thousands of migrants and refug…

4 years, 9 months ago

Inside the Latin American synodal gathering with Austen Ivereigh

Papal biographer Austen Ivereigh covered and participated in the Latin American ecclesial assembly in Mexico City last week. It was the first meeting…

4 years, 10 months ago

What Rome thought of the USCCB meeting

The U.S. bishops approved their long-awaited and much-debated document on the Eucharist at their November meeting last week. This week on “Inside the…

4 years, 10 months ago

Pope Francis knights two reporters

Pope Francis lavished praise on several reporters this week, awarding Televisa’s Valentina Alazraki and Reuters’ Phil Pullela papal knighthoods on Sa…

4 years, 10 months ago

Pope Francis thanks author for book on LGBT Catholics and the AIDS crisis

Pope Francis sent a letter to America’s national correspondent, Michael J. O’Loughlin, thanking him for his research on the interactions between the …

4 years, 10 months ago

Deep Dive: What you need to know about the Communion Wars in the U.S. Church

The U.S. bishops’ debate over whether pro-choice policians like President Joseph R. Biden should be allowed to receive communion has been raging for …

4 years, 10 months ago

Pope Francis’ message to COP26

Pope Francis met with President Biden, President Moon of Korea and Prime Minister Modi from India last week, and in all of the conversations, one sub…

4 years, 10 months ago

Bonus: Pope Francis tells President Biden to keep receiving Communion

Today, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. met with Pope Francis in a highly anticipated meeting at the Vatican. The two leaders spoke privately for 75 min…

4 years, 11 months ago