Vatican Insider Podcast
1) A VISIT TO THE GREGORIAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION PT1
Some big news stories this week to tell you about but now I want you to know that my guest in the interview segment is Fr. Thomas Merkel, president of the D.C.-based Gregorian University Foundation th...Show More
2) THE LIFE OF A JUBILEE YEAR VOLUNTEER
Welcome to Vatican Insider on this third weekend of October. Lots of events this week at the Vatican as you will hear in the opening news segment. After the news highlights, you’ll want to stay tuned ...Show More
3) POPE LEO’S APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION DILEXI TE
This week, instead of an interview segment, I’ve prepared a Special on Pope Leo’s first magisterial document, his Apostolic Exhortation “Dilexi te – I have Loved You – that was presented Thursday, Oct...Show More
4) DEACON ANDY AND A MINISTRY TO NATIVE AMERICANS
I do have a very uplifting story in the interview segment of VI and my conversation with Deacon Andy Orosco of the diocese of San Bernardino in California. Andy is a Native American who works in the N...Show More
5) INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW
I’m calling this segment INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW because I’m going to bring you some trivia, that is, some little known and often unusual facts about the Vatican – some fun stories about bells an...Show More
6) ST. JOHN CANTIUS, THE STORY OF A CHICAGO PARISH
My guest this week in the interview segment of “Vatican Insider” is a longtime friend, Fr. Frank Phillips, former pastor for 30 years at Chicago’s well-known St. John Cantius Church. After a number of...Show More
7) AN INSIDER’S LOOK AT CASTELGANDOLFO (PART II)
Welcome to Vatican Insider on this mid-September weekend. I hope the weather is as beautiful where you are as it is here in Rome! For the interview segment this weekend, please join me for Part II of...Show More
8) CANONIZATION WEEKEND IN ROME AND A VISIT TO CASTELGANDOLFO
Welcome to Vatican Insider on a very important weekend for the Catholic Church and especially for young people everywhere! As you surely know, this Sunday, September 7, two young men, Blesseds Carlo A...Show More
9) THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ST. MONICA AND HER CELEBRATED SON, ST. AUGUSTINE
Welcome to Vatican Insider on this final weekend of August. Is summer really almost over! I have yet to go on vacation but that’s coming soon. No interview this weekend, rather, I’ve prepared a Spec...Show More
10) THE CHILDREN’S ROSARY, GROWING AROUND THE WORLD
Welcome to Vatican Insider on this August weekend as summer winds down for so many people and schools are about to reopen or already have reopened in many cases. My guest in the interview segment this...Show More