On “Inside the Vatican” this week, Senior Vatican Correspondent Gerard O’Connell explains what we know about the meeting, what cardinals are expecting, and what it means that this will be Pope Leo’s first big agenda item that was not already planned for Pope Francis.
 Links from the show:
<a href="https://arpaeditores.com/products/el-ultimo-conclave">Buy Gerry’s new book (Spanish edition) El último Cónclave!</a>
<a href="https://www.americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2025/11/08/pope-leo-to-call-college-of-cardinals-to-rome-for-a-two-day-january-meeting/">Pope Leo to call College of Cardinals to Rome for a two-day January meeting</a>
<a href="https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-11/fr-daleng-osa-appointment-pope-vice-regent-pontifical-household.html">Vatican News: Augustinian Fr Daleng new vice regent of Pontifical Household</a>
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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.