This week on “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle and Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell recap the biggest Vatican moments of 2020.

Archbishop Gänswein said the decision in early 2020 had felt like a punishment, but he now knows this was not the case.

Pope Francis is suffering from “a painful sciatica.”

As is so often the case with old songs, the middle verses bear the greater load of meaningful content (and are also, incidentally, the first forgotten.)

‘I rediscovered crossword puzzles. A way to feel like I’m putting some pieces in place that stay there.’

‘I found that I was able to live more ‘monastically’ than I had ever thought possible.’

“Covid swept away a number of our distractions and so, at least in principle, allowed us to wrestle with the questions that really matter.”

‘You surrender to what is. Covid taught me this.’

‘Hope is an active verb. You don’t have hope if you just stand on the sidelines.’

She has faced ultra-powerful, god-like monsters. This time the true opponent is quite different.

From three 20-somethings, here are the musical selections that have helped us to remember and thank 2020.

A conversation with Michael Kurek, author of “The Sound of Beauty: A Classical Composer on Music in the Spiritual Life.”

The three are equally telling: here is the promised Messiah; here is the very presence of God; and here is the one who has come among us to die.

Argentina has legalized abortion during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.

Who were some of the U.S. Catholics who were regularly in the news this past year?

In 2020 the best TV was whatever got you through the night.

2020 has tested the heart and soul of America.

Have we seen the end of motion pictures as we knew them?

Lord, I don’t know what it actually means for a year to go to hell. But if hell is hot, let 2020 burn.