On this episode of “Inside the Vatican,” Gerry and host Colleen Dulle discuss Gerry’s interview with the cardinal and give an overview of a busy week for the pope.

In his general audience, Pope Francis encouraged Catholics to keep reading to Bible, which reveals God’s love. He also directed a message to preachers to keep homilies to no more than eight minutes.

A Homily for Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrance Klein

Sister Luisa Derouen has provided spiritual companionship to some 250 trans people, assuring them that they are God’s children.

Pope Francis reportedly used a homophobic slur to refer to a gay culture in the Vatican and warned it would not be prudent to admit young men with homosexual tendencies to seminaries.

Jürgen Moltmann's influence on theology extended far beyond his native Germany or his religious denomination. His "theology of hope" influenced everything from liberation theology to contemporary politics.

Michael R. Lovell had been battling sarcoma, a rare form of cancer, for three years. He died June 9 in Italy while on a Jesuit formation pilgrimage with members of the Society of Jesus and the Jesuit university’s board of trustees.

Do you have to believe in God to go to church? I used to think so. But more agnostics should give religion a try.

Catholics are a good weathervane for how the country will vote: If you win Catholics, you likely win the country.