Inside The Vatican

Inside The Vatican

Hosted by Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell and Gerry and Colleen · America Media

4.7from 531 ratings

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67Podcast AuthorityScore out of 100 · How it is scored
419
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88
Transcribed
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Cadence
2018
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About Inside The Vatican

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.

Publisher
America Media
Category
news · religion & spirituality
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
16 Oct 2018
Latest episode
18 Sept 2026
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88 of 419 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

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

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  3. 3 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

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

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

Published 18 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Welcome back. Jerry, for our next story, we're going to look at the training for newly named bishops that just wrapped up in the Vatican recently. This is unofficially but widely referred to as Baby Bishop School. So to start us off, maybe you can give us some background on what happens in this annual training course. Well, first of all, this is something that was introduced under John Paul II in 1994. It was introduced, first of all, for the bishops, newly appointed bishops in missionary territories. I think it was a brilliant idea because a bishop is appointed, and how does he learn what's expected? […]

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417 ratings
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Who hosts Inside The Vatican?

Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell and Gerry and Colleen host the show. Published by America Media.

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