Inside The Vatican

This week on “Inside the Vatican,” we take a look at the newly announced committee that will plan the Vatican’s upcoming, high-stakes summit on sexual abuse. One committee member, Cardinal Oswald Gracias of India, told Crux in October that the meeting “will be successful, or it will be a disaster for the Church.” So, can it succeed in creating lasting change? In this week’s episode, we try to answer that question by looking at the plans for the meeting. It will have a structure similar to the last synod, with listening sessions, work in language groups and involvement from lay people and religious. In addition, bishops will listen to speeches by survivors of sexual abuse and participate in a penitential liturgy with them. The goal, committee member Archbishop Charles Scicluna told Gerry, is to get the bishops “on the same page” with Pope Francis about sexual abuse. The real change, we conclude, will depend on how the bishops decide to follow through after the summit ends. Read more: Exclusive: Archbishop Scicluna says February meeting start of ‘global approach’ to fighting sex abuse Pope Francis summons the world’s top bishops for sexual abuse prevention summit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This week on “Inside the Vatican,” America’s new Vatican news explainer podcast, producer Colleen Dulle and Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell unpack the final document from the Synod on Young People. The main takeaway from the synod, Gerry says, is the method of listening, discussing and discerning that Pope Francis established. Now it’s up to dioceses to continue dialoguing with young people on a local level. The hosts also look behind the headlines of Pope Francis’ puzzling comments about abuse accusations being a form of persecution. Was the pope referring to legitimate accusations of sexual abuse, or something else entirely?   Read more: Youth synod final document urges ‘accompaniment,’ endorses women in church leadership Pope Francis concludes synod by condemning ‘the continuous accusations to smear the church.’ Read our full coverage of the synod here: What you need to know about the 2018 Synod on Young People Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the first episode of Inside the Vatican, producer Colleen Dulle and Vatican correspondent Gerard O'Connell give an update on the Synod on Young People, Archbishop Viganò's third letter and relations between the Holy See and North and South Korea. Read more about the Synod on Young People: https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2018/10/04/what-you-need-know-about-2018-synod-young-people Read more on Archbishop Viganò's letter: https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2018/10/19/third-letter-vigano-repeats-accusations-offers-no-new-evidence-mccarrick-case  Read more on Pope Francis' meeting with President Moon: https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2018/10/18/pope-francis-expresses-willingness-visit-north-korea  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Colleen Dulle goes behind the headlines of the biggest Vatican news stories with America’s Rome correspondent Gerard O’Connell. They'll break down complicated news stories that have a whole lot of history behind them in an understandable, engaging way. Colleen and Gerard will give you the inside scoop on what people inside the Vatican are thinking, saying—and planning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices