Deliver Us: a new podcast about the sex abuse crisis
We talk a lot on this show about the church’s sexual abuse crisis, and while Gerry and I try to break down what’s new, we don’t often get to talk about the problems that are at the root of this scanda...
27 Feb 201932min
First day of sex abuse summit includes some surprises
This week on “Inside the Vatican” Gerry and I are in Rome covering the sexual abuse summit. So this week’s episode might sound a little different—you’ll hear the sounds of Rome, and some of the interv...
22 Feb 201916min
Will a new book hijack coverage of the sexual abuse summit?
This week on Inside the Vatican, we’ll fill you in on Cardinal Muller’s recent manifesto, along with updates on the McCarrick case, preparations for next week’s summit on sexual abuse, and informatio...
13 Feb 201917min
The pope’s historic trip to Abu Dhabi
This week, Pope Francis visited Abu Dhabi to meet with religious leaders at the Global Inter-Religious Meeting on Human Fraternity, a conference aimed at combating religious extremism. Where the pope...
7 Feb 201916min
Pope Francis is open to married priests—in some situations
Whenever Pope Francis goes on a trip somewhere around the world, he usually invites journalists to join him on the papal plane, and he’ll spend a few minutes taking questions from them. Pretty much ev...
30 Jan 201914min
How World Youth Day is changing the church
This week on “Inside the Vatican” we look at why the Vatican seems to be lowering expectations for its upcoming international summit on sexual abuse. Then, we talk about World Youth Day, which is bei...
23 Jan 201914min
Vatican commission's research confirms that women served as deacons for a millennium
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” we explore the topic of women deacons. We feature some clips from America’s exclusive interview with two members of the Vatican’s commission to research women deaco...
16 Jan 201918min
Changes and preparations ahead of the summit on sexual abuse
As 2019 begins, all eyes in the Vatican are turned towards the upcoming summit on sexual abuse, and recent weeks have brought a number of stories that reveal how Pope Francis aims to lead the church ...
9 Jan 201915min
