Pope Leo’s first Christmas address to the Vatican Curia
The pope’s annual Christmas address to the Roman Curia was once a run-of-the-mill affair, but in 2005, the year he was elected pope, Benedict XVI used the speech to lay out his decisive vision for the...
23 Des 202540min
Vatican hosts prisoners for final Jubilee Year event
The Jubilee Year is drawing to a close and Christmas is drawing near. This week on “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle and veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell cover several important a...
18 Des 202535min
The women deacons commission report, explained
On Dec. 4, the final report from the Vatican’s second study commission on women deacons was published, saying that women can’t be ordained to the diaconate “as understood as a degree of holy orders,” ...
11 Des 202539min
Update: Study commission says ‘no’ to women deacons—for now
Today, the Vatican published the results of its second study commission on women deacons. It said that women cannot be admitted to the diaconate “as understood as a degree of holy orders.” However, i...
4 Des 20251min
Inside Pope Leo's first foreign trip
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4 Des 202551min
Why is Pope Leo visiting Nicaea?
Later this week, Pope Leo XIV begins his first international apostolic visit: a six-day trip to Turkey and Lebanon from November 27 to December 2. At the center of that journey is his stop in Nicaea—...
26 Nov 202557min
Synod study groups publish reports
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle and executive producer Sebastian Gomes unpack the news from the reports and analyze in-depth the work of the groups studying women’s ministries, s...
20 Nov 202536min
Pope Leo to call world’s cardinals to Rome for meeting
On “Inside the Vatican” this week, Senior Vatican Correspondent Gerard O’Connell explains what we know about the meeting, what cardinals are expecting, and what it means that this will be Pope Leo’s f...
13 Nov 202541min
