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Inside The Vatican

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About the show

Each week, Colleen Dulle goes behind the headlines of the biggest Vatican news stories with America’s Rome correspondent Gerard O’Connell. They'll break down complicated news stories that have a whole lot of history behind them in an understandable, engaging way. Colleen and Gerard will give you the inside scoop on what people inside the Vatican are thinking, saying—and planning.

Latest episodes

  • ‘Amoris Laetitia’ at 10: The history, tensions and legacy

    October 5, 2026 · 59 min

    In this week’s episode of “Inside the Vatican,” Pope Francis biographer Austen Ivereigh and America executive producer Sebastian Gomes join Colleen Dulle to discuss this week’s Vatican meeting on “Amoris Laetitia,” ten years after Pope…

  • French Catholicism Reborn? What happened on Pope Leo’s visit to France (and why it matters for all of us)

    October 1, 2026 · 45 min

    This week on Jesuitical, Colleen Dulle joins hosts Zac Davis and Sebasian Gomes to discuss Pope Leo’s recent visit to France, including his messages on assisted dying, European identity and the role of the Catholic Church in a secular…

  • What to expect from Pope Leo’s trip to France

    September 25, 2026 · 38 min

    In this week’s episode of “Inside the Vatican,” Gerry and Colleen preview Pope Leo XIV’s visit to France, set for Sept. 25-28. The two unpack Pope Leo’s itinerary for the trip, give context for the political situation in the country and…

  • ‘Baby Bishops School’: How the Vatican trains new bishops

    September 18, 2026 · 38 min

    In this week’s episode of “Inside the Vatican,” Gerry and Colleen discuss the “birthday gifts” Pope Leo XIV gave to the Vatican on his 71st birthday: an expansion of the Vatican Library and archives and the repeal of Covid-era salary cuts…

  • What’s on Pope Leo’s desk this fall

    September 11, 2026 · 48 min

    In this week’s episode of “Inside the Vatican,” Gerry and Colleen take the opportunity of Pope Leo’s 71st birthday on Monday, Sept. 14, to look back at what he has accomplished thus far in his papacy and what major items remain on his desk…

  • Pope Leo's message for the United States' 250th anniversary

    July 3, 2026 · 2 min

    Pope Leo today received the National Constitution Center’s liberty medal and gave an acceptance speech via livestream from the Vatican. Colleen Dulle recaps his message. Links from the show: Read: Pope Leo’s message to the United States…

  • Vatican excommunicates SSPX bishops, priests and others

    July 3, 2026 · 2 min

    Today, July 2, in response to the SSPX’s illicit ordinations of bishops, the Vatican announced that not only were the bishops involved in the ordination automatically excommunicated and in schism, but that any clergy of SSPX or lay members…

  • ‘I doubt he will be diplomatic’: What Leo may say to the U.S. July 3

    June 26, 2026 · 43 min

    On this season finale of “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen and Gerry discuss the hectic weeks before Pope Leo’s summer vacation. First they recap the pope’s trip to Pavia to visit the remains of St. Augustine and the home of St. Frances Xavier…