Welcome to Vatican Insider on this second weekend of Lent 2025! Challenging times at the Vatican so there’s a lot of news this week but I do have a very uplifting story in the interview segment of VI and my conversation with Deacon Andy Orosco of the diocese of San Bernardino in California. As you heard in Part I of our conversation last week, Andy is a Native American who works in the Native American Ministry in the diocese and tells a fascinating story about his ministry and his people You will also hear from his wife Roseanne as both were in Rome recently for the Jubilee of Deacons.

You met Deacon Andy previously on Vatican Insider when he and Roseanne were in Rome two years ago. We met at La Vittoria restaurant (where else!), and when I learned his story, I said ” you must be my guest” on Vatican Insider and we taped an interview that was entirely off the cuff. This week we focus on their time in Rome for the Jubilee of Deacons.