In this episode:

• USCCB General Secretary resigns over Grindr allegations
• Pope Francis’ Latin Mass restrictions fall out
• Nancy Pelosi and the U.S. Communion war
• Vatican and U.S. look to address the water crisis
• Cardinal Becciu and the on-going Vatican corruption trial 

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In this episode:

• Holy See institutes Latin Mass restrictions
• Controversy over Italy’s anti-homophobia law
• Pope Francis released from hospital
• Vatican seminary trial and London financial scandal continue
• Italy national football team’s Roberto Mancini’s humility

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In this episode:

• Pope Francis in the hospital for surgery
• Cardinal Becciu indicted along with 10 others at Vatican trial
• Italy’s UEFA Euro 2020 win and the Catholic connection

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In this episode:

• Vatican’s unprecedented challenge to Italy homophobia law
• Italy’s PM Draghi rebukes Vatican
• Biden’s Secretary of State meets Pope
• Ousted Polish archbishop elected mayor of hometown

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In this episode:

• U.S. bishops vote on communion practices
• Holy See cautions U.S. bishops against denying communion
• Meeting of Pope Francis and President Biden deferred
• SCOTUS unanimously sides with Catholic adoption agency
• Catholic priests in Umbria leave priesthood to get married

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In this episode:

• Pope rejects Cardinal Marx’s resignation
• Vatican’s financial report card: mixed bag
• Vatican Bank makes progress on transparency
• U.S. and the Holy See diplomatic relations
• Vatican Museums at 500 years old: meet its first Prefect

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In this episode:

• Cardinal Marx offers resignation
• Pakistani Christian couple acquitted of blasphemy charges
• Remains of indigenous children found at former school in Canada
• 100% electric Nissan LEAF joins Vatican fleet
• World’s best sauce: amatriciana

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In this episode:

1. Vatican joins WHO
2. Pope updates canon law penal code for greater accountability
3. Holy See’s Secretariat for Communications makes a bungle
4. Italy’s shared history with the Vatican
5. Pope Francis as a “pope of ironies”

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• U.S. Supreme Court abortion case
• Vatican employees protest pay cuts
• Charity fraud in Diocese of Padua raises concerns
• Vatican invites dioceses to take part in synod on synodality
• 6th anniversary of landmark encyclical, Laudato Si

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In this episode: 

1. Pope Francis institutes lay ministry of catechist in new motu proprio
2. Pope raises concern over Italy’s precariously low birth rate
3. U.S. climate envoy John Kerry meets with Pope on climate crisis
4. The Vatican’s London financial scandal continues
5. A reflection on the relationship between faith and food. 

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