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Vatican Access with Robert Duncan
Explore the biggest questions of our time with Vatican leaders and insiders.
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- Vatican Access with Robert Duncan
Why Did Jeffrey Sachs Take Pope Leo’s AI Letter to World Leaders?
Economist Jeffrey Sachs has advised governments through some of the most consequential geopolitical transformations of the past half-century, including the…
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Bringing Fulton Sheen Back to Life — As an AI Hologram
Bishop Louis Tylka of Peoria, Illinois, is planning to bring the legendary Catholic television evangelist Blessed Fulton Sheen back to life as an interactive…
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A Vatican Controversy, 10 Years Later
As bishops from around the world gathered in Rome Oct. 7 to commemorate Pope Francis' Amoris Laetitia ten years after its publication, a Catholic publisher…
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Inside the Global Marriage Crisis Facing Pope Leo
As bishops from around the world gather in Rome for a meeting convened by Pope Leo XIV on marriage and the family, J.P. De Gance has been working behind the…
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He Served 8 Popes. Here's What He Saw in the Vatican.
Monsignor Karel Kasteel has worked in the Vatican for 70 years and served under eight popes, beginning with Pope Pius XII. Now 92, he has witnessed some of the…
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Why Did Lourdes Cover Up These Mosaics Before Pope Leo's Visit?
In the days before Pope Leo XIV’s apostolic visit to France, the famous mosaics at Lourdes by Father Marko Rupnik, a priest and artist accused of sexual abuse…
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Jesus Climbed These Stairs — She Helped Bring Them Back to Life
Mary Angela Schroth has spent more than 40 years working in the art world in Rome, much of that time at the Pontifical Sanctuary of the Holy Stairs. There, she…
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Why So Few Black Catholic Bishops in America?
Bishop Robert Boxie is an auxiliary bishop of Washington and the youngest bishop in the United States. A former lawyer educated at Vanderbilt University and…
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The Medieval Way to Protect Your Mind From AI
Steve Metzger works inside one of the most important libraries in the world: the Vatican Apostolic Library. A medievalist and Latinist, he studies and catalogs…
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How Putin's War Threatens What Pope Leo Wants to Protect
Father Daniel Galadza is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest, liturgical scholar, and professor at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome. A priest of the…
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Was Pope Leo Elected Because of Donald Trump?
Michael Driessen is Professor of Political Science and Director of the MA in International Affairs at John Cabot University in Rome. A leading scholar of…
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Can a Catholic Governor Sign a Death Warrant?
Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy is Executive Director of the Catholic Mobilizing Network, the leading Catholic organization in the United States working to end…
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How Pope Leo Changed the Future of the SSPX
Massimo Introvigne is an Italian sociologist of religion and one of the world's leading scholars of new religious movements. He has written extensively on…
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The Kind of Archbishop Pope Leo Wants
CREDIT: Additional video footage courtesy Danny Anderson & Relic Films / Archdiocese of Denver. Archbishop James Golka is the Archbishop of Denver, having been…
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Pope Leo Is A Rock Star... And She Knows Why
Katie McGrady is a Catholic speaker, author, radio host, and one of the most recognizable Catholic media personalities in the United States. A former youth…
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Can You Still Trust the Catholic Church?
Father Thomas Joseph White, OP, is a Dominican priest, theologian, and rector of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (the Angelicum) in Rome. One…
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Why Pope Leo Chose Sagrada Família
Father Tony Lusvardi is a Jesuit priest, sacramental theologian, and professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. His work focuses on liturgy, the…
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One Visit to a Jamaican Orphanage Changed Everything
Michele Sagarino is President of Cross Catholic Outreach, one of the largest Catholic relief and development organizations in the United States. For more than…
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What the Dalai Lama Told a Catholic Priest About Christ
CREDIT: Opening three images animated with AI with permission from the artist. Copyright Nicola Magrin. Courtesy Nuages, Milano. Father Francis Tiso is a…
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Expert Panel Reacts to Pope Leo's AI Warning
Four experts on AI and Catholic teaching join Robert Duncan to discuss Pope Leo’s first encyclical on artificial intelligence and what they believe is its…
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Inside Rome’s Exorcist Conference: Are Demons Using AI?
Sean Tobin is a clinical psychologist who works at the intersection of psychology, spiritual formation, and the Catholic Church’s ministry of exorcism, helping…
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Pope Leo's Astronomer Reacts to Trump's UFO Disclosure
Jesuit astronomer Br. Guy Consolmagno joins Vatican Access to discuss UFOs and what the Catholic Church really thinks about the possibility of extraterrestrial…
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The Real Story Behind the Election of Pope Leo
Veteran Vatican journalist Gerard O’Connell joins Vatican Access to discuss the inside story of the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope…
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Catholic Charities Funding Cut by Trump: What's Next?
Pope Leo XIV received a delegation from Catholic Charities Network in private audience on May 4, as media scrutiny intensified over recent funding cuts by the…
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What Happens When Millions Ask AI About God?
Matthew Sanders is a technologist working at the intersection of artificial intelligence and Catholic evangelization, building digital tools that are shaping…
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Why Young People Are Converting to Catholicism Again
Curtis Martin, founder of the FOCUS, has spent nearly three decades working on college campuses at the front lines of Catholic evangelization, engaging a…
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The Woman Advising Pope Leo on World Crises
Sister Helen Alford, president of the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences, stands at the intersection of faith, economics, and global policy, working to…
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Africa and the Future of Catholicism
Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu — a Nigerian prelate serving at the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization — stands at the forefront of the Church’s global…
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Cardinal Czerny: "The Church Is Not a Policy Machine"
Cardinal Michael Czerny — a senior Vatican official and longtime collaborator of Pope Francis — has become one of the Catholic Church’s most influential voices…
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Wall Street Banker: "The Devil Enters Through Your Ego"
John Studzinski — a leading investment banker and philanthropist — has spent his life at the intersection of global finance and the Catholic Church. In this…
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The Secret to Visiting Rome Like a Pilgrim
Elizabeth Lev — an American art historian who has spent decades guiding visitors through the Vatican Museums and the churches of Rome — has made it her life’s…
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The Cardinal Who Jumped Into Vietnam for His Flock
Cardinal Edwin O’Brien — a former Vietnam War chaplain who later served as Archbishop for the Military Services and as a Vatican cardinal charged with a…
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Why an Atheist Doctor Was Invited to the Vatican
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel — one of the principal architects of modern American healthcare policy — was recently invited to the Vatican to address the Pontifical…