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
Pope Francis: Don’t reduce the Ukraine war to ‘good guys and bad guys’
Pope Francis gave a wide-ranging interview to the editors of the European Jesuit journals—America’s across-the-pond counterparts—that was published this week. In the interview, Pope Francis takes on a...
16 Jun 202225min
Does Pope Francis have plans to resign soon?
Pope Francis’ increasing mobility woes were already leading some to speculate that another papal resignation might soon be on the horizon. [Listen and subscribe to Inside the Vatican on Apple Podcast...
9 Jun 202225min
Pope Francis appoints new cardinals ‘from the ends of the earth’
On Sunday, May 29, Pope Francis announced he would create 21 new cardinals this year, including American Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego and several other surprise choices. 16 of the new cardinals ...
3 Jun 202224min
Archbishop Cordileone bans Nancy Pelosi from communion. Will Pope Francis intervene?
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco announced Friday, May 20, that he would bar Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, from receiving holy communion in his dioces...
26 Mai 202223min
