Deep Dive: Why Catholics are worried about seminaries and young priests
Catholics from the pews to the pope are worried about young priests. The October 2023 synod recommended a number of changes to the seminary system, but to understand them, one first needs to understan...
3 Apr 202439min
Pope Francis’ Holy Week
As Catholics around the world observe Holy Week, the hosts of “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell, take a look at Pope Francis’ Holy Week plans. In the second half of the show, Ge...
28 Mar 202425min
Vatican creates study groups on women deacons, role of bishops, seminary reform
The Vatican announced the creation of 10 study groups to focus on themes that arose at last October’s Synod on Synodality, an announcement that prompted mixed reactions: Are the groups a way to “kick ...
21 Mar 202425min
11 Years of Pope Francis: What’s next?
Over the weekend, Pope Francis was strongly criticized by Ukrainian civil and church leaders for a comment he made in an interview, saying that Ukraine needed “the courage of the white flag” to negoti...
14 Mar 202429min
Meet the Anglican woman bishop who spoke to Pope Francis about women’s ordination
Anglican Bishop Jo Bailey Wells spoke at a meeting of Pope Francis’ Council of Cardinal Advisors on Feb. 5., about her own experience as an ordained woman in the Church of England and the journey her ...
4 Mar 202440min
Two of Rupnik’s alleged victims speak out
Five years after Pope Francis convened a global summit on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, two previously anonymous alleged victims of Father Marko Rupnik decided to speak out about their experien...
29 Feb 202428min
Go on retreat with Pope Francis this Lent
This week, the Vatican is relatively quiet, as Pope Francis and the top Roman Curia officials make their Lenten retreat. As he has done since 2021, the pope has asked each official to make their retre...
22 Feb 202432min
Pope Francis and cardinals reconsider women deacons
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” producer Ricardo da Silva—filling in for host Colleen Dulle—joins veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell to discuss what Gerry is calling “Argentine Weekend”...
15 Feb 202433min
