Inside The Vatican
Inside The Vatican
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Vatican Diplomacy 101
35 minutes Posted Apr 24, 2026 at 4:00 am.
Pope Leo wraps his trip to Africa
Meet Archbishop Joseph Marino
Nuncios, the Vatican's ambassadors
Do Nuncios have to be bishops?
Political diplomacy and Vatican interests
Vatican diplomacy before the Iraq war
The Vatican's diplomatic toolkit
Pope Leo's diplomatic approach
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This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Archbishop Joseph Marino, former president of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy which trains Vatican diplomats, joins Colleen Dulle to give a crash course on Vatican Diplomacy: Who are nuncios? What do they do? And what difference do they really make?
Before the interview, Colleen also gives some updates on the week’s Vatican news.
Links:
Pope Leo: I am ‘not trying to debate the president’
Pope Leo in Angola: ‘Put the common good before partisan interests’
Pope Leo to Angolans: ‘Build a country where old divisions are overcome forever’
Pope Leo tells Angola’s Catholic leaders: ‘Never cease to denounce injustices.’
Pope Leo remembers ‘the great gift’ of Pope Francis on the first anniversary of his death
Pope Francis remembered by those who knew him
Pope Leo’s delicate task in Equatorial Guinea: Bless the faithful, not the regime
Pope Leo calls on leaders to ‘bridge the gap’ between poor and rich in Equatorial Guinea
Pope Leo tells inmates ‘you are not alone’ during Equatorial Guinea prison visit at end of Africa tour
Pope Leo’s powerful lesson in vulnerable leadership
Pope Leo at year one: The progress of an American pope
Follow Colleen on Instagram: @colleendulle 
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