Ep. 16 - Is the Vatican listening to women?
In this episode of "The Vatican Briefing," expert journalist Christopher White speaks with Australia's Ambassador to the Vatican, Chiara Porro, to discuss the recent 50th anniversary of Australia and ...
13 Touko 202431min
Ep. 15 - A border bishop's 'grave concern'
In this episode of "The Vatican Briefing," a leading Catholic bishop on the U.S.-Mexico border expresses "grave concern" that the 2024 presidential race could lead to further demonization of migrants ...
30 Huhti 202429min
Ep. 14 - Vatican controversies, and the two popes
In this episode of "The Vatican Briefing," expert journalists Joshua J. McElwee and Christopher White discuss a major new Vatican document that has attracted controversy over its condemnation of gende...
16 Huhti 202429min
Ep. 13 - A Ukrainian bishop's plea for Pope Francis
A prominent U.S. Ukrainian Catholic leader has sharply criticized Pope Francis' recent suggestion that Ukraine might enter negotiations to end its brutal, two-year war with Russia, calling the pontiff...
19 Maalis 202424min
Ep. 12 - Cardinal McElroy on US bishops and climate change
San Diego Cardinal Robert McElroy, a key ally of Pope Francis, says U.S. Catholic bishops are not giving enough attention to the pope's call for the world to address global climate change. In this ep...
11 Maalis 202426min
Ep. 11 - Has Pope Francis failed?
This February marked the fifth anniversary of one of Pope Francis' seminal efforts to confront clergy sexual abuse: a first-of-its-kind 2019 Vatican summit with global Catholic bishops about abuse pre...
26 Helmi 202428min
Ep. 10 - Inside the Vatican's synod office
Xavière Sr. Nathalie Becquart is one of the main organizers of Pope Francis' Synod of Bishops, a two-part summit about the very future of the Catholic Church. She says the pope is creating "a new styl...
12 Helmi 202433min
Ep. 9 - Ending Catholic priestly celibacy?
Archbishop Charles Scicluna, one of the Catholic Church's leading investigators of clergy sexual abuse, says the church should reconsider its millennia-long practice of mandating priestly celibacy. In...
29 Tammi 202426min
