Update: Vatican doubles down on Latin Mass restrictions
On Saturday, Dec. 18, the Vatican issued some clarifications about its restrictions on the pre-Vatican II Latin Mass. These restrictions had been published in July in Pope Francis’ letter “Traditionis...
21 Dec 20216min
The biggest Vatican stories of 2021
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle and Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell take a look back at this year in Vatican news. This year brought three risky papal trips to Iraq, Hung...
16 Dec 202133min
Visiting a refugee camp with the pope
Pope Francis traveled to Cyprus and Greece from December 2-6, casting a spotlight on two nations that receive tens of thousands of migrants and refugees each year. On his flight from Rome to Cyprus, P...
9 Dec 202131min
Inside the Latin American synodal gathering with Austen Ivereigh
Papal biographer Austen Ivereigh covered and participated in the Latin American ecclesial assembly in Mexico City last week. It was the first meeting of its kind, bringing together about 1,000 bishops...
2 Dec 202131min
What Rome thought of the USCCB meeting
The U.S. bishops approved their long-awaited and much-debated document on the Eucharist at their November meeting last week. This week on “Inside the Vatican,” America’s national correspondent Michael...
25 Nov 202125min
Pope Francis knights two reporters
Pope Francis lavished praise on several reporters this week, awarding Televisa’s Valentina Alazraki and Reuters’ Phil Pullela papal knighthoods on Saturday, and praising America’s Michael J. O’Loughli...
18 Nov 202127min
Pope Francis thanks author for book on LGBT Catholics and the AIDS crisis
Pope Francis sent a letter to America’s national correspondent, Michael J. O’Loughlin, thanking him for his research on the interactions between the Catholic Church and the gay community—and the stori...
15 Nov 202118min
Deep Dive: What you need to know about the Communion Wars in the U.S. Church
The U.S. bishops’ debate over whether pro-choice policians like President Joseph R. Biden should be allowed to receive communion has been raging for over a year now. After the bishops’ meeting last No...
11 Nov 202130min
