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
Deep Dive: Pope Francis visits Canada to apologize to Indigenous peoples
Pope Francis is about to make a historic visit to Canada, where he will apologize for the harm inflicted on Indigenous peoples through the earliest colonial missions and the more recent operation of r...
21 Jul 202242min
Deep Dive: Women will now have a hand in choosing bishops
Pope Francis, in a wide-ranging interview with Philip Pulella a Reutuers reporter, has announced that he plans to name two women to the Vatican’s Congregation for Bishops, the group that helps the pop...
6 Jul 202232min
The Vatican responds to overturning of Roe v Wade, Sant'Egidio continues peacebuilding in South Sudan
Pope Francis was set to visit the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan this week, July 2-9, before his doctors advised against making the trip. But the trip’s postponement doesn’t mean tha...
30 Jun 202224min
How Catholic marriage prep could be changing
The World Meeting of Families is happening in Rome this week, and there has been much family-related news out of the Vatican recently. The Vatican has issued new guidance on marriage preparation, sayi...
23 Jun 202226min
