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In this week’s episode of “Inside the Vatican,” Austen Ivereigh and Hugo Hernan Rabbia join Colleen Dulle to discuss Pope Leo’s visits to Uruguay and Argentina. In the first part of the show, Austen discusses Leo’s messages in the two countries; in the second, Hugo unpacks the findings from his national survey of Argentines’ religious practices and expectations for the pope’s visit.

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Chapters:

1:14 Mass with 2.5 million people

2:30 Pope in Uruguay: religion & secularism

8:30 Pope Leo's message to families

10:43 Leo's welcome to Argentina

14:32 The legacy of Pope Francis

19:19 Leo meets people with disabilities

22:08 Leo meets with workers

26:20 The church needs reach out

29:39 What happened in Córdoba

32:55 Prayer is booming in Argentina

39:12 Argentinians wanted to see Leo

41:36 Politics and religion in Argentina

Links:

National Survey on Lived Religion (Spanish PDF)

Peru’s Cardinal Barreto: Pope Francis was a bulldozer. Now Leo paves that road for all believers.

‘I am returning to my homeland’: Pope Leo’s emotional Peruvian homecoming begins

Tech industry workers gather to read Pope Leo’s A.I. encyclical

Pope Leo celebrates Mass for more than two million at Argentine shrine of Our Lady of Luján

Pope Leo lifts up Argentina’s many saints at Mass in Córdoba

Pope Leo: ‘Do not give in to those who dismiss the Christian family as outdated.’

Cardinal Rossi hopes Pope Leo will bring light to a ‘dimming’ faith in Argentina

Pope Leo meets with President Milei, urges dialogue, on his first day in Argentina

Pope Leo XIV travels to Argentina, the homeland of Pope Francis

Pope Leo calls for ‘creative courage’ in the evangelization of secular Uruguay

Pope Leo calls for universal health care ‘in every society’ in first address in Uruguay

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In this week’s episode of “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen and Gerry preview Pope Leo’s planned visit to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, highlighting key events and speeches and discussing Pope Leo’s health ahead of the trip.

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Chapters:

0:00 Pope Leo voted in the midterm elections

1:07 Pope Leo’s health ahead of the trip

4:40 Why Pope Leo is visiting secular Uruguay

9:45 Pope Leo’s message to Argentina

14:00 Leo’s outreach to the poor and workers

17:12 Our Lady of Lujan’s significance

19:02 Pope Francis ‘will be omnipresent’

20:59 Pope Leo’s Peruvian homecoming

24:45 Leo to visit the ‘margins’ of Peru

28:25 Leo’s familiarity with social and church issues

32:06 Outro and credits

Links:

Jesuitical: Catholic Midterm Discussion with Christopher White

What to expect from Pope Leo’s trip to Uruguay, Latin America’s least Catholic country

Deep Dive: Who is Rutilio Grande, and what does his beatification mean for the people of El Salvador?

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In the midst of contentious elections around the world, Pope Leo XIV is preaching unity, both in the Catholic Church and in the world. But what does unity—or “unity in diversity,” as Leo often advocates—look like in practice? Church historian Massimo Faggioli joins host Colleen Dulle to talk about Pope Leo’s effort and tactics for promoting unity and peace.

Find Dr. Faggioli’s new book, Leo XIV and the Global Church: Unity and Peace in English from Liturgical Press here.

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Chapters:

0:00 Intro

1:40 Significance of a U.S.-born pope

5:42 Social vs. liberal vs. democratic Catholicism

11:55 Pope Leo XIV’s social Catholicism and its roots

15:41 Leo’s ability to speak to the United States

20:03 ‘Unity in diversity’ as a ‘spiritual posture’

25:22 Liturgy as a case study in Leo’s unity

28:09 Leo’s techniques for calm and unification

31:15 Synodality vs. collegiality under Pope Leo

36:33 Tensions between Catholicism and democracy

40:04 Catholics’ changing participation in U.S. politics

Links:

Pope Leo will travel to Latin America just weeks after cancer surgery

The bishops who prayed over Trump and apologized—and gave us a lesson in moral responsibility

Archbishop of Detroit calls out voter suppression ahead of midterms: ‘It’s an affront to God’

Prevost’s Parish Ministry: The Chicagoland church that helped form Pope Leo XIV

Montse Alvarado prepares to step into Vatican communications prefect role Nov. 1

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In this week’s episode of “Inside the Vatican,” Gerry and Colleen evaluate how Pope Leo XIV’s recovery from his lung surgery is progressing and discuss questions of how the operation might affect his immediate future plans. In the second part of the show, they look at Leo’s personal intervention on behalf of a besieged city in Ukraine.

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Chapters:

0:00 Health update and intro

1:55 Pope Leo returns to audience in St. Peter’s Square

5:59 Leo’s emphasis on family at general audience

7:47 Leo’s hospitalization and resuming work

12:07 Can Leo still go to Latin America?

17:24 Leo’s planned trip to Assisi Oct. 27

19:23 Will Leo slow down or accelerate his work?

22:53 Leo’s calls with Putin and Zelensky

28:02 Does Leo think Ukraine should cede land?

30:56 Effect of Leo’s intervention for Oleshky

35:17 Outro and credits

Links:

Pope Leo needs no further cancer treatment, doctors say

Pope’s brother speaks about Leo’s cancer diagnosis and recovery in new interview

Pope Leo speaks with Putin by telephone from hospital

Pope Leo spoke by phone with President Zelensky about reaching a ceasefire in besieged city of Oleshky

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In this week’s episode of “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen and Gerry explain what we know and what still remains unclear regarding Pope Leo XIV’s shocking lung cancer diagnosis. In the second part of the show, they recap the meeting of bishops on Amoris Laetitia and the election of Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle as the new dean of the College of Cardinals.

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Links:

First photos of Pope Leo since surgery released by the Vatican (Friday, Oct. 16)

Pope Leo has ‘resumed work’ three days after lung cancer surgery (Thursday, Oct. 15)

Pope Leo concelebrated Mass in hospital chapel as recovery from lung surgery proceeds ‘as expected’ (Wednesday, Oct. 14)

What to know about Pope Leo’s cancer diagnosis (Wednesday, Oct. 14)

Pope Leo diagnosed with lung cancer, Vatican announces (Tuesday, Oct. 13)

Pope Leo’s lung surgery concludes ‘positively,’ Vatican says (Tuesday, Oct. 13)

‘Amoris’ meeting discusses divorce and remarriage among human ‘fragilities’

‘Amoris’ participants agree that one major issue is affecting families: Migration.

Pope Leo confirms Cardinal Tagle as Dean of the College of Cardinals

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