The synod will now last four years. Could it be ‘Vatican III’?
On Sunday, Pope Francis announced that the Synod on Synodality will be extended. Instead of one final meeting in the Vatican in October 2023, there will now be two Vatican meetings: One in Oct. 2023 a...
20 Okt 202224min
Deep Dive: What's happening with the Synod on Synodality?
Cathy Harmon-Christian’s SUV has been getting a lot of attention lately. Last year, after a nun and priest friend asked her to work full-time holding listening sessions for the global Synod on Synodal...
13 Okt 202236min
Interview: What does a U.S. ambassador to the Holy See do?
Pope Francis dedicated his entire Angelus address this past Sunday, Oct. 2, to denouncing the war in Ukraine. Recent weeks have seen the Ukrainians pushing back Russian forces on the ground, while Rus...
6 Okt 202223min
Synod reports from all over the world are in. What happens next?
With reports from at least 112 of the 114 bishops’ conferences around the world, the Synod on Synodality has entered its next phase as 35 laypeople, priests and bishops meet in Frascati, Italy, to dis...
29 Sep 202230min
Why one Kazakh bishop denounced Pope Francis’ participation in interfaith meeting
Pope Francis was in Khazakstan last week for a major Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions—although his visit was overshadowed in the press by criticism from a Khazak bishop, Athanasi...
22 Sep 202227min
Queen Elizabeth II’s connection to five popes
Queen Elizabeth II died last week, Sept. 8, after 70 years on the throne. She was 96 and was England’s longest-reigning monarch. And while most people, when asked to describe the relationship between ...
15 Sep 202227min
Should we be canonizing recent popes?
Pope Francis called all the world’s cardinals to the Vatican to discuss the reform of Roman offices, called dicasteries. The meeting follows the release of “Praedicate Evangelium,” a document issued e...
8 Sep 202232min
Pope Francis didn’t resign this week (though some expected him to)
“Inside the Vatican” is back from summer break this week, just as the Vatican wraps up an unusually jam-packed late August. On August 27, Pope Francis created 20 new cardinals, 16 of whom will help ch...
1 Sep 202230min
