This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Junno Arocho Esteves, international correspondent for OSV News, joins host Colleen Dulle to explain what factors the Vatican is likely weighing in its decision-making on whether or not to join the “Board of Peace.”
 
Links from the show:
<a href="https://www.americamagazine.org/news/2026/01/22/trump-peace-board-vatican/">Vatican weighs joining Trump’s Board of Peace but calls for respect for international law</a>
<a href="https://www.americamagazine.org/news/2026/01/29/cardinal-parolin-minneapolis-killings-unacceptable/">Top Vatican official calls violence in Minneapolis ‘unacceptable’</a>
<a href="https://www.osvnews.com/pope-encourages-neocatechumenal-way-to-continue-mission-without-closing-yourselves-off/">Pope encourages Neocatechumenal Way to continue mission ‘without closing yourselves off’</a>
<a href="https://www.americamagazine.org/news/2026/01/09/pope-visit-spain-2026-madrid-barcelona-canary-islands/">Pope Leo to visit Spain this year, with stops in Madrid, Barcelona and Canary Islands, cardinal says</a>
<a href="https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2025/01/31/vatican-artificial-intelligence-benanti-249821/">What does the Vatican know about A.I.? A lot, actually.</a>
<a href="https://www.americamagazine.org/news/2026/01/26/pope-leo-ai-human-safeguarding/">Pope Leo gives stark warning on AI: We must ‘safeguard ourselves.’</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.