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
Jesuit Superior General Arturo Sosa on Pope Francis
It’s been 500 years since St. Ignatius suffered the cannonball injury that would pave the way to his conversion—from an ambitious young soldier rumored to be dating a princess, to leaving it all to fo...
17 Maj 202132min
Vatican steps into debate on Biden receiving communion
The Vatican stepped into the U.S. bishops’ ongoing debate over giving Communion to pro-choice Catholic politicians last week, issuing a letter May 7 to every bishop in America urging them to undertake...
13 Maj 202126min
Pope Francis strips bishops’ and cardinals’ privileges
Last week, Pope Francis signed two big changes to Vatican law: First, he implemented a sweeping anti-corruption decree that limits the gifts Vatican employees can receive to $50; then, he updated a pr...
6 Maj 202122min
Where else will the pope go in 2021?
Almost two months after his first papal trip since spring 2020, Pope Francis has set his sights on a few more international visits before the end of the year: To Hungary and Slovakia, Cyprus and Greec...
29 Apr 202135min
