Episodes

  • 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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    28 mins
  • INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW

    INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW
    Sep 28 2025
    I’m calling this segment INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW because I’m going to bring you some trivia, that is, some little known and often unusual facts about the Vatican – some fun stories about bells and flags and basilica floors. It might be trivia but it is not trivial! (Originally aired on 7/20/18)
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    28 mins
  • ST. JOHN CANTIUS, THE STORY OF A CHICAGO PARISH

    ST. JOHN CANTIUS, THE STORY OF A CHICAGO PARISH
    Sep 21 2025
    My guest this week in the interview segment of “Vatican Insider” is a longtime friend, Fr. Frank Phillips, former pastor for 30 years at Chicago’s well-known St. John Cantius Church. After a number of years, we met serendipitously over my vacation at a pre-investiture ceremony for the Order of the Holy Sepulchre that was held at St. John Cantius. (Originally aired on 10/14/22)
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    28 mins
  • AN INSIDER’S LOOK AT CASTELGANDOLFO (PART II)

    AN INSIDER’S LOOK AT CASTELGANDOLFO (PART II)
    Sep 14 2025
    Welcome to Vatican Insider on this mid-September weekend. I hope the weather is as beautiful where you are as it is here in Rome! For the interview segment this weekend, please join me for Part II of a Special on the papal residence of Castelgandolfo and its centuries-long history where I look at the main palace and other buildings, the extensive land and magnificent gardens and the papal farm that actually occupies most of the land.
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    28 mins
  • CANONIZATION WEEKEND IN ROME AND A VISIT TO CASTELGANDOLFO

    CANONIZATION WEEKEND IN ROME AND A VISIT TO CASTELGANDOLFO
    Sep 7 2025
    Welcome to Vatican Insider on a very important weekend for the Catholic Church and especially for young people everywhere! As you surely know, this Sunday, September 7, two young men, Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Piergiorgio Frassati, will be canonized by Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter’s Square during Mass. In this week’s new segment, in addition to the top stories in the Vatican, I offer brief biographies of our two future saints. For the interview segment this weekend, I prepared a Special on the papal residence of Castelgandolfo and its centuries-long history. Join us!
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    28 mins
  • THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ST. MONICA AND HER CELEBRATED SON, ST. AUGUSTINE

    THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ST. MONICA AND HER CELEBRATED SON, ST. AUGUSTINE
    Aug 31 2025
    Welcome to Vatican Insider on this final weekend of August. Is summer really almost over! I have yet to go on vacation but that’s coming soon. No interview this weekend, rather, I’ve prepared a Special on the two very special saints we celebrated this week – St. Monica on August 27th and her famous son, St. Augustine, on the 28th. Join us!
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    28 mins
  • THE CHILDREN’S ROSARY, GROWING AROUND THE WORLD

    THE CHILDREN’S ROSARY, GROWING AROUND THE WORLD
    Aug 24 2025
    Welcome to Vatican Insider on this August weekend as summer winds down for so many people and schools are about to reopen or already have reopened in many cases. My guest in the interview segment this week is Dr. Blythe Kaufman, founder of the Children’s Rosary®, an International Prayer group movement for children. This week we look at how the Children’s Rosary has grown throughout the world and Blythe explains how to create such a prayer group of your parish or school. Join us for Vatican Insider!
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    28 mins
  • THE LAZY, HAZY DAYS OF AUGUST IN ROME

    THE LAZY, HAZY DAYS OF AUGUST IN ROME
    Aug 17 2025
    Welcome to Vatican Insider at this halfway mark of August. August might be the 8th month of the year for most people but for Italians, it is THE month of the year! It is the month of ferragosto – August holidays. In place of an interview segment this weekend, I have prepared a special I’ve called The Lazy, Hazy Days of August in Rome. I think you’ll get a kick out of it and learn a few things as well. Join us!
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    28 mins