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1. What does unity mean for Pope Leo? Feat. Massimo Faggioli

   30 oktober 2026 · 47 min

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   In the midst of contentious elections around the world, Pope Leo XIV is preaching unity, both in the Catholic Church and in the world. But what does unity—or “unity in diversity,” as Leo often advocates—look like in practice? Church historian Massimo Faggioli joins host Colleen Dulle to talk about Pope Leo’s effort and tactics for promoting unity and peace. Lees meer

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   Chapters:

   0:00 Intro

   1:40 Significance of a U.S.-born pope

   5:42 Social vs. liberal vs. democratic Catholicism

   11:55 Pope Leo XIV’s social Catholicism and its roots

   15:41 Leo’s ability to speak to the United States

   20:03 ‘Unity in diversity’ as a ‘spiritual posture’

   25:22 Liturgy as a case study in Leo’s unity

   28:09 Leo’s techniques for calm and unification

   31:15 Synodality vs. collegiality under Pope Leo

   36:33 Tensions between Catholicism and democracy

   40:04 Catholics’ changing participation in U.S. politics

   Links:

   Pope Leo will travel to Latin America just weeks after cancer surgery

   The bishops who prayed over Trump and apologized—and gave us a lesson in moral responsibility

   Archbishop of Detroit calls out voter suppression ahead of midterms: ‘It’s an affront to God’

   Prevost’s Parish Ministry: The Chicagoland church that helped form Pope Leo XIV

   Montse Alvarado prepares to step into Vatican communications prefect role Nov. 1

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2. Leo needs “no further treatment” for cancer

   23 oktober 2026 · 38 min

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   In this week’s episode of “Inside the Vatican,” Gerry and Colleen evaluate how Pope Leo XIV’s recovery from his lung surgery is progressing and discuss questions of how the operation might affect his immediate future plans. In the second part of the show, they look at Leo’s personal intervention on behalf of a besieged city in Ukraine. Lees meer

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   Chapters:

   0:00 Health update and intro

   1:55 Pope Leo returns to audience in St. Peter’s Square

   5:59 Leo’s emphasis on family at general audience

   7:47 Leo’s hospitalization and resuming work

   12:07 Can Leo still go to Latin America?

   17:24 Leo’s planned trip to Assisi Oct. 27

   19:23 Will Leo slow down or accelerate his work?

   22:53 Leo’s calls with Putin and Zelensky

   28:02 Does Leo think Ukraine should cede land?

   30:56 Effect of Leo’s intervention for Oleshky

   35:17 Outro and credits

   Links:

   Pope Leo needs no further cancer treatment, doctors say

   Pope’s brother speaks about Leo’s cancer diagnosis and recovery in new interview

   Pope Leo speaks with Putin by telephone from hospital

   Pope Leo spoke by phone with President Zelensky about reaching a ceasefire in besieged city of Oleshky

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3. Pope Leo’s cancer diagnosis: What we know

   16 oktober 2026 · 47 min

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   In this week’s episode of “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen and Gerry explain what we know and what still remains unclear regarding Pope Leo XIV’s shocking lung cancer diagnosis. In the second part of the show, they recap the meeting of bishops on Amoris Laetitia and the election of Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle as the new dean of the College of Cardinals. Lees meer

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   Links:

   First photos of Pope Leo since surgery released by the Vatican (Friday, Oct. 16)

   Pope Leo has ‘resumed work’ three days after lung cancer surgery (Thursday, Oct. 15)

   Pope Leo concelebrated Mass in hospital chapel as recovery from lung surgery proceeds ‘as expected’ (Wednesday, Oct. 14)

   What to know about Pope Leo’s cancer diagnosis (Wednesday, Oct. 14)

   Pope Leo diagnosed with lung cancer, Vatican announces (Tuesday, Oct. 13)

   Pope Leo’s lung surgery concludes ‘positively,’ Vatican says (Tuesday, Oct. 13)

   ‘Amoris’ meeting discusses divorce and remarriage among human ‘fragilities’

   ‘Amoris’ participants agree that one major issue is affecting families: Migration.

   Pope Leo confirms Cardinal Tagle as Dean of the College of Cardinals

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

   5 oktober 2026 · 59 min

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   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 Francis published his controversial exhortation on marriage and the family. Austen and Sebastian recap the tense 2014 and 2015 synods on the family, what Pope Francis decided in Amoris Laetitia and what is to be discussed at a Vatican meeting on the document to be held Oct. 7-14 for the heads of the world’s conferences of bishops. Lees meer

   Chapters:
   00:00 10 years after Amoris Laetitia
   2:09 Pope Francis calls the Synod on the family
   11:30 What was at stake?
   14:50 Two temptations in the Synod
   19:26 Overcoming tensions and polarization
   21:50 Divorced and remarried Catholics
   27:56 Challenges facing families
   30:30 What does Amoris Laetitia say?
   37:54 Access to the Sacraments?
   40:39 A controversial document
   42:44 Implementing Amoris Laetitia
   44:22 Pope Leo wants to discuss it

   Links:

   Bishops are meeting at the Vatican next week to discuss ‘Amoris Laetitia.’ Here’s what you need to know.

   Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future by Pope Francis and Austen Ivereigh

   Communion for the divorced and remarried, papal critics and family life: Pope Francis’ ‘Amoris Laetitia’ at 5 years

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

   1 oktober 2026 · 45 min

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   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 country. Colleen also reflects on her experience of traveling with the pope for the first time. Lees meer

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   Chapters:

   00:00 First time on the papal plane!

   4:02 Why Pope Leo went to France

   6:45 Catholic revival?

   9:43 Secularity in France

   14:02 Pro-life issues in France

   17:57 Is Europe a "Christian" culture?

   24:55 Pope meets abuse victims

   34:08 Liturgy and division

   Links:

   Pope Leo’s trip to France won’t be a victory lap—and that’s a good thing.

   Vatican Notebook: Pope Leo navigates tensions between secularism and Catholic history on France visit

   ‘More than a monument’: Pope Leo’s speech at the newly renovated Notre-Dame

   Pope Leo draws 800,000 to Mass in the heart of Paris

   Vatican Notebook: Pope Leo addresses French conversion boom, warns against complacency

   Pope speaks out against French assisted-dying and abortion laws in Lourdes visit

   Mother: Pope Leo’s blessing of special-needs daughter recognizes ‘segment of humanity often set aside’

   Pope Leo meets with survivors of abuse in Lourdes

   Pope Leo: Europe must return to path of dialogue, not military buildup

   Pope Leo is not ‘in panic mode’ about an A.I. catastrophe, but ‘we can’t just sit back’ and do nothing

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6. What to expect from Pope Leo’s trip to France

   25 september 2026 · 38 min

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   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 discuss what messages the pope may send to both secular and ecclesial authorities in a country and church that are being reshaped by the arrival of newcomers. Lees meer

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   Chapters:

   00:00 News: Pope Leo to visit Latin America2:12 Background on Pope Leo's trip to France11:07 The EU, war, and multilateralism15:19 The pope's diplomatic balancing act18:20 A religious spring in France?24:00 Scandals, wounds and reconciliation29:20 Who the pope is meeting

   Links:

   Pope Leo XIV will meet with the French abuse survivors as critics demand action

   As Pope Leo prepares to visit France, can its ‘Catholic moment’ become a lasting revival?

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

   18 september 2026 · 38 min

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   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. The hosts explain Vatican salaries and what has changed financially for the Holy See since the pandemic. Lees meer

   In the second part of the show, Colleen and Gerry give a primer on “Baby Bishops’ School,” the annual training for newly-ordained bishops that recently concluded in Rome.

   Chapters:

   0:00 Intro

   0:42 Pope Leo repeals Covid-era salary cuts

   4:52 How Vatican employees are compensated

   7:52 The Vatican’s financial recovery since 2024

   10:39 Vatican finances under Pope Leo

   15:06 Vatican Library and archive expansion

   18:33 Baby Bishops’ School explained

   21:03 Bishops get international perspective

   24:49 Pope Leo’s address to new bishops

   29:43 The Pope Leo ‘style’ of being bishop

   33:40 What could change for bishops under Leo

   35:30 Outro and credits

   Links:Pope Leo celebrates his 71st birthday—by giving gifts to the Vatican

   Is Pope Leo ‘Americanizing’ Vatican fundraising?

   What Pope Leo has said about an ‘A.I. pause’

   Pope Leo calls for ‘culture of negotiation’ at meeting of North and South American leaders

   Synodality, multiculturalism and working with Pope Leo: Archbishop Costelloe on the Australian Catholic Church

   Pope Leo warns technology cannot replace the value of human relationships

   Cardinal Czerny awarded inaugural Pope Leo XIV Sustainability Medal

   Pope Leo commemorates 9/11, praying for all who ‘bear wounds of that tragic day’

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8. What’s on Pope Leo’s desk this fall

   11 september 2026 · 48 min

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   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 for the fall, including trips to France and Latin America, a series of high-profile appointments and the ongoing trials of Marko Rupnik and Angelo Becciu. Lees meer

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   Chapters:

   0:00 Intro

   3:21 Pope Leo celebrates his 71st birthday

   5:50 A review of Pope Leo's first year

   10:01 Pope Leo's effect on geopolitics

   13:53 Pope Leo assembles a diverse new team

   21:50 Leo's focus on peace, poverty and A.I.

   28:10 Pope Leo is in no rush

   29:10 The pope's preferences for bishops

   35:11 Plans for filling bishop vacancies

   37:03 Marko Rupnik trial updates

   40:53 A new attitude on Vatican finances

   44:30 Outro

   Links:

   How do popes celebrate their birthdays? Pizza, parties and puppies (from 2025)

   Is Pope Leo ‘Americanizing’ Vatican fundraising?

   Pope Leo: Catholics cannot be ‘unengaged spectators’ amid ‘injustice, discrimination and violence’

   Pope Leo’s visit to France likely to attract a million people

   Peruvian city to unveil world’s tallest statue of Pope Leo for trip to South America

   A long-awaited reckoning: A timeline of the Father Marko Rupnik case

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

   3 juli 2026 · 2 min

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   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. Lees meer

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   Read: Pope Leo’s message to the United States on its 250th anniversary

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10. Vatican excommunicates SSPX bishops, priests and others

    3 juli 2026 · 2 min

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    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 who “adhere” to the schism are also to be considered excommunicated. Lees meer

    Links from the show:

    The Vatican and SSPX controversy, explained

    Vatican declares excommunicated SSPX bishops, warns priests and lay faithful of schism

    Analysis: SSPX excommunications show what Pope Leo means by church ‘unity’

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