Episodios

  • The Kingship of Christ pt 1

    The Kingship of Christ pt 1
    Nov 22 2025
    Welcome to a new edition of Vatican Insider on this penultimate weekend in November! My guests in the interview segment this weekend are Aidan Gallagher, head of EWTN Ireland, and Jesuit Fr. Bernard McCuckian, principal narrator of “The Kingship of Christ,” a documentary produced by EWTN Ireland. Other protagonists of this 4-part documentary on Christ the King that premiered November 18 in the Vatican’s filmoteca or film library include Fr. Mark Lewis, SJ, Rector of the Jesuit-run Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and Fr. Dominic Holtz, OP, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at the Angelicum, the Dominican university in Rome. This Sunday, of course, November 23, 2025 is the feast of Christ the King. This year, in fact, marks the 100th anniversary of its institution by Pope Pius XI on Dec. 11, 1925 at the end of that Jubilee Year. The four parts explore the meaning and origins of the term “kingship” in Sacred Scripture, the nature of Christ’s kingship, its rise to prominence in the 19th and 20th centuries, and how His reign continues to be realized in the world today.
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  • A PILGRIMAGE WITH LOURDES VOLUNTEERS (Pt 1)

    A PILGRIMAGE WITH LOURDES VOLUNTEERS (Pt 1)
    Nov 9 2025
    My special guests this week in the interview segment are Marlene Watkins, founder of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospitality – North American Volunteers and Bishop Douglas Lucia of Syracuse, New York, who is the chaplain for the group. Join us!
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  • A PILGRIMAGE WITH LOURDES VOLUNTEERS (Pt 2)

    A PILGRIMAGE WITH LOURDES VOLUNTEERS (Pt 2)
    Nov 16 2025
    In part II of our conversation, my special guests are Marlene Watkins, founder of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospitality – North American Volunteers, and Bishop Douglas Lucia of Syracuse, New York, who is the chaplain for the group. Don't miss on this special edition of Vatican Insider.
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  • A VISIT TO THE GREGORIAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION PT2

    A VISIT TO THE GREGORIAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION PT2
    Nov 2 2025
    Stay tuned for Part II of my conversation with Jesuit Fr. Thomas Merkel, president of the D.C.-based Gregorian University Foundation. This was established in 1972 with the aim of supporting Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University through raising much-­needed funds for scholarships, academic chairs, libraries and capital improvements.
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  • A VISIT TO THE GREGORIAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION PT1

    A VISIT TO THE GREGORIAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION PT1
    Oct 26 2025
    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 that was instituted in 1972 with the mission to support the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, through raising much­-needed funds for scholarships, academic chairs, libraries and capital improvements.
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  • THE LIFE OF A JUBILEE YEAR VOLUNTEER

    THE LIFE OF A JUBILEE YEAR VOLUNTEER
    Oct 19 2025
    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 for my weekly interview segment when my guest is Lisa Petrocelli, an American who spent a week in Rome as a volunteer for the Jubilee Year of Hope.
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  • DEACON ANDY AND A MINISTRY TO NATIVE AMERICANS

    DEACON ANDY AND A MINISTRY TO NATIVE AMERICANS
    Oct 5 2025
    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 Native American Ministry in the diocese and tells a fascinating story about his ministry and his people. You will also hear from his wife Roseanne as both were in Rome recently for the Jubilee of Deacons. (Originally aired on 3/14/25)
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  • POPE LEO’S APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION DILEXI TE

    POPE LEO’S APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION DILEXI TE
    Oct 12 2025
    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, October 9 in the Vatican. Join us!
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