Will Francis finally visit Argentina?
Last week, Pope Francis met with Argentinian President Alberto Fernández, whose country is currently weathering an economic crisis that has led to widespread hunger and a crippling national debt. In t...
5 Feb 202024min
Pope’s new secretary worked with street children, addicts
On a recent episode of “Inside the Vatican,” in the midst of Cardinal Robert Sarah’s book controversy, Gerry and I discussed how Archbishop Georg Ganswein’s role as Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s pers...
29 Jan 202021min
Francis appoints woman to top role in Secretariat of State
Last week, Pope Francis appointed a woman to a top role in the Vatican’s Secretariat of State for the first time, while also upgrading that role from the department head level to the undersecretary l...
22 Jan 202019min
Did Benedict XVI co-author a new book on priestly celibacy?
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Gerry and I dedicate the entire episode to the questions surrounding the new book From the Depths of Our Hearts, written by Cardinal Robert Sarah with a contribution...
15 Jan 202021min
What’s fact and what's fiction in ‘The Two Popes’?
Last week, a viral video circulated on social media showing Pope Francis slapping the hand of a woman who yanked his arm as he walked through a crowd in St. Peter’s Square. On “Inside the Vatican” thi...
8 Jan 202019min
Keep your eyes on Vatican-China relations in 2020
Happy New Year from Inside the Vatican! For our New Year’s Day episode, Gerry and I are taking a look back at some of the biggest Vatican stories of 2019. We start with February’s Vatican summit on ...
1 Jan 202016min
Pope Francis’ Christmas address to the Roman Curia
On Saturday, Pope Francis gave his annual Christmas speech to the Roman curia, which in past years has been the time that the pope speaks very clearly about where he thinks the curia needs improvement...
25 Dec 201916min
Francis abolishes pontifical secret for abuse cases
Yesterday morning, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis had abolished the pontifical secret, a confidentiality measure, in cases of sexual abuse of a minor or vulnerable person by clergy. This wee...
18 Dec 201917min
