In this episode:

• Pope moves to cement his legacy
• Activists ask: “Why is the Pope coming to Bahrain?” 
• Death of one of the “Amigos” - Archbishop Fiorenza of Houston dies at 91
• Pro-life crusade: Bishop Barron’s campaign against abortion of the disabled
• John Allen: signs of hope in the American Church

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In this episode:

• Nobel for Literature to Annie Ernaux as abortion memoir becomes movie
• Why hasn’t a Pope won a Nobel prize?
• Vatican covers up bishop’s sexual abuse?
• Catholic fast facts: shortest papacy, fastest sainthood, most canonizations

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In this episode:

• Pope responds to Putin’s nuclear threats
• Pope accused of paying off financier in connection with famed Vatican trial
• Peace prize winning bishop of East Timor accused of sexually assaulting minors
• Phiilipines struggle to receive prelatures due to controversies surrounding Opus Dei
• Cubans working with American Catholic Relief Services to rebuild after Hurricane Ian

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In this episode:

• Far right-wing victory in Italy - what does it mean for the Church?
• Pope’s pact with youth for a more just economy
• “The Last Supper” parody in Italy sparks controversy
• Cardinal Joseph Zen is facing a sedition trial in Hong Kong 

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In this episode:

• Pope’s Cardinal delivers humanitarian aid under Russian fire in Ukraine
• Chinese President snubs Pope in Kazakhstan
• Russian Metropolitan calls Pope’s comments “not useful”

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In this episode:

• Why is the Pope going to Kazakhstan?
• What the absence of Putin, Patriarch Kirill and President Xi means for the World Congress of Religions
• Is the Pope conflicted about the Russia/Ukraine conflict?
• Reflecting on the end of Queen Elizabeth’s reign and her relationship with the Catholic Church.

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In this episode:

• Conservative cardinal calls for conclave limits
• Milan’s archbishop will not become a cardinal
• A historic friendship: Gorbachev and Pope John Paul II
• Pope dissolves the Order of Malta’s leadership
• Beatification of Pope John Paul I
• Pontifical Academy for Life responds to Twitter trolls

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In this episode:

• Pope creates 20 new cardinals at Consistory
• Rumors that the Pope would resign in L’Aquila are disproven
• Is Francis planning to regulate Benedict’s office?

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In this episode:

• The Pope creates new cardinals
• Disgraced cardinal’s privileges reinstated
• Bishop jailed in Nicaragua by Ortega regime
• The Pope discredits allegations against Cardinal Ouellet
• The Pope and Zelenskyy have their third phone call

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In this episode: 

• Vatican finally comes clean on its finances
• Pope meets with Ukraine's Ambassador to the Holy See
• UK court inserts itself into the Vatican financial trial
• Nicaragua and Nigeria stir up trouble for the Vatican
• Pope to attend the Congress of World and Traditional Religions in Kazakhstan

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