This week on “Inside the Vatican,” hosts Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell discuss the Vatican’s existing protocols and why Pope Francis may be hesitant to wear a mask.

This week on the “Inside the Vatican” podcast, Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell and producer Colleen Dulle unpack their takeaways from Pope Francis’ new encyclical, “Fratelli Tutti.”

In this brief “Inside the Vatican” podcast update, host Colleen Dulle breaks down the document’s main themes.

This week on “Inside the Vatican,” hosts Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell discuss U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to the Vatican and Cardinal Angelo Becciu's sudden resignation.

This week on “Inside the Vatican,” the hosts discuss why the C.D.F. appears out of step with Pope Francis and how the pope could change that.

Veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell joins host Colleen Dulle to unpack the protests Pope Francis has his eye on, from Greece to Belarus to Hong Kong and the United States.

This week on “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle unpacks Francis’ central ideas of community, the universal destination of goods and care for the environment.

In this special edition of Inside the Vatican, host Colleen Dulle interviews historians Robert Ventresca and Massimo Faggioli about the opening of Pope Pius XII's secret archives.

In this special update episode of “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle unpacks what’s new in the handbook and why it took a year and a half for the Vatican to develop this document.

This week on “Inside the Vatican," Colleen Dulle speaks with Phyllis Zagano about the church’s history not only of ordaining women deacons, but also the conversation around ordaining them again.