Pope Francis restricts the pre-Vatican II Mass
Pope Francis has issued a motu proprio–an authoritative declaration made on the Pope’s personal initiative–to restrict the celebration of the pre-Vatican II Latin Mass in the Catholic Church. The deci...
16 Juli 20213min
Pope Francis recovering in hospital after surgery
Pope Francis is in the hospital recovering from a scheduled intestinal surgery he had on Sunday afternoon, July 4. According to Vatican statements based on the pope’s doctors’ reports, his recovery is...
7 Juli 20213min
Deep Dive: The German Synodal Way, Explained
No, it’s not a schism. On this special deep dive episode of “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle looks at the German synodal way: What is it, why is it happening, and why do some critics think it ...
24 Juni 202137min
Why Pope Francis rejected Cardinal Marx's resignation
Take Inside the Vatican’s Listener Survey! On May 21, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, the archbishop of Munich and Freising and a top advisor to Pope Francis, submitted his resignation to the pope, saying he...
17 Juni 202123min
Vatican cracks down on sexual abuse, women’s ordination and finance scandals
After 17 years of preparation, a new edition of volume VI of the Code of Canon Law—the Vatican’s penal code—has been published, the first new edition since 1983. About two-thirds of the canons, or law...
10 Juni 202131min
The next Vatican synod is not an event, but a process
The upcoming “synod on synodality” will look different from past synods, the Vatican announced last month: Instead of an event in Rome in 2022, the synod will be a process beginning on the diocesan le...
3 Juni 202124min
If Pope Francis Had a Book Club
With summer just around the corner, Inside the Vatican is bringing you a special episode: our Pope Francis summer reading list. Papal biographer Austen Ivereigh joins Colleen Dulle for a discussion o...
27 Maj 202151min
Pope Francis calls for peace in the Holy Land
On Sunday, Pope Francis called for an immediate ceasefire to the violence that has escalated between Israeli and Palestinian forces, killing more than 200 people in Gaza and 10 in Israel, according to...
20 Maj 202123min
