Last Week in the Church with John Allen

In this episode:

• Biden's withdrawal parallels Benedict XVI
• Popes & assassins: historic close calls
• Eucharistic revival for Americans?
• Holy See banning the Latin Mass?

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• Trump assassination attempt: Church weighs in
• Vatican’s doc on Synod of Synodality a letdown?
• Vatican workers beg Pope to face staff issues

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• Vatican declares Archbishop Viganò excommunicated
• Pope worried democracy is failing
• New verdicts in ‘Trial of the Century’?
• Benedict XVI & Francis: a possible penitential pilgrimage?

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• Cardinal O’Malley pushes for Vatican accountability
• Capuchin cardinal reaches milestone at 80
• Vatican demands changes to German Synodal Way
• Pope changes tune on tattoos in the Vatican
• Pattern of abuse within Missionaries of Charity?

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In this episode:

• Archbishop Viganò charged with schism
• Spanish nuns excommunicated after sect claim
• Vatican defends use of Rupnik’s art
• Church/State lines being blurred in Italy?
• Pope shipping Gänswein off to Latvia
• Another big Vatican real estate deal on the table?

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• Pope made homophobic & misogynist remarks?
• Vatican balks at Ukraine using NATO weapons 
• Italy’s PM tells bishops to back off of constitutional reform
• U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See stepping down

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In this episode:

• Pope upstaged at World Children’s Day
• Papal authority rejected by Chinese government
• Vatican tries to address Coptic uproar
• First millennial saint set to be canonized
• Rome’s infrastructure ready for Jubilee 2025?

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In this episode:

• War of words heats up between Vatican & Israel
• Peace rally sees Pope back in full force
• Vatican rules on supernatural apparitions
• False mysticism legal impediment in Rupnik case
• Controversial Chinese bishop to speak at Vatican conference

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• EU vs. Trump - will the Vatican get their way?
• Israel objects to ‘genocide’ statement at Vatican event
• Jokes and protests at papal event
• Female forces head to head in Vatican lawsuit

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In this episode:

• Leading papal candidate targeted by government
• 6 ‘swing states’ to shape Church’s global future?
• Horror and hope in youth prison scandal
• Another criminal arrest at Pope’s address

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