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• First conviction for abuse on Vatican grounds
• Pope's alleged homophobic statements
• Labor unrest in the Vatican
• Monsignor faces criminal charges 
• Mounting crisis in Catholic-Jewish relations

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• Papabile speculation: inappropriate or essential?
• Pope’s Corsica trip: part of a bigger plan?
• Vatican staff rejects political interview
• Jubilee 2025: an LGBTQ+ pilgrimage?
• Peru scandal: reporting to the Pope

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In this episode:

• Are Christians safe in Syria after Assad regime’s fall?
• Peru scandal: problems for Vatican’s sovereignty?
• Pope skips out on Notre Dame’s reopening: a snub?
• Vatican’s Nativity set sparks questions from Israel

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In this episode:

• US Bishops vs. Trump on deportations
• Pope’s Turkey visit: a geopolitical agenda?
• Vatican on mysticism: what is ‘spiritual abuse’?
• Vatican confirms secret file on ‘Vatican Girl’ case

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• Outrage as Pope asks for ‘sacrifice’ in money crisis
• Pope blasted: annulling SCV excommunication? 
• Vatican hospital in crisis: will recovery plan be enough?
• Why does the Vatican owe a debt to Lucifer? 

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In this episode:

• Controversial priest defrocked a second time
• Priest disputes Pope Francis' legitimacy: laicized
• Women’s branch of SCV also entrenched in abuse?
• Vatican’s Christmas tree stokes eco-protest
• Conman busted for impersonating Vatican prelate

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• Trump wins: what does this mean for the Church?

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• ‘Trial of the Century’: verdict motivations revealed
• Pope’s reform targets Cardinals
• Cardinal raises warning on beatification of Belgian king
• Vatican investigator receives criminal complaint

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• Synod ends: why it wasn’t what many expected

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• Vatican employees protesting. Why?
• Synod: global South tells West to buzz off 
• Synod pushing for legal changes to Church structures?
• Cardinal purposely skipping Synod meetings?
• Pope releasing own autobiography, a historic first?

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