Last Week in the Church with John Allen

In this episode:

• ‘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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In this epiosde:

• Are Jewish-Catholic relations in crisis?
• What is the Synod’s agenda?
• Abuse destroys Sodalitium Christianae Vitae
• What did the Pope and Zelenskyy talk about?

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In this episode: 

• The 21 new cardinals
• Hamas attacks: Vatican still neutral one year later?
• ‘No’ to women deacons at Synod
• Outrage: Belgian Prime Minister lashes out at Pope
• Liberal or conservative: who is Pope Francis?

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In this episode:

• Pope on women: sparks college backlash
• Synod of Bishops: an anticlimactic end? 
• Pope approves expulsion of 10 SCV members

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• Pope to face hostility in Belgium?
• Why fixing the Church is so hard
• Scandal hasn’t brought down the Church

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In this episode:

• Pope slams both presidential candidates
• A testament to Pope’s strength shown on Oceania trip
• Pope praises Singapore’s multi-faith approach 
• Islam’s rise in Europe inevitable, says Card. Schönborn
• Self-professed archbishop denounced as fake

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In this episode:

• Pope’s presence in Indonesia riles up radicals
• Pope delivers gifts and spiritual aid to margins
• Ukrainian Orthodox Church lashes out at Pope
• Vatican Bank says ‘no’ to employees marrying?
• Pope to canonize martyrs killed by Islamic extremists

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In this episode:

• Pope’s odyssey in Asia & Oceania
• Bishops differ: regionalism v. strong central govt. 
• Pope v. General: Italy’s immigration debate
• Vatican calling for a ban on ‘killer robots’
• Farewell, Fr. Gerald O’Collins

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