Vatican ViewPoint

As challenges to good communication multiply along with technological advances, we explore the mission of Catholics to spread the Good News of Christ using every means at our disposal. Listen to our podcasts here: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/podcast.html

Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz shares the inspiration that led to his most-recent massive bronze sculpture—entitled “Let the Oppressed Go Free”—a project Pope Francis has blessed to fight the scourge of human trafficking. Listen to our podcasts here: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/podcast.html

Following the release of the WUCWO-sponsored documentary “In-Visibles”, we hear the voices and witness the strength of African women who have forged a life for themselves with the help of other women. Listen to our podcasts here: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/podcast.html

With Pope Francis urging people to “speak with the heart”, we delve into the mystery of communicating the Catholic faith with the help of a comedian and a media expert. Listen to our podcasts here: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/podcast.html

As millions of Ukrainian refugees remain far from their homes due to the war, we hear from Lithuania’s Caritas Vilnius and the Mayor of Lviv about ways to help people get to grips with their situation and maintain hope for the future. Listen to our podcasts here: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/podcast.html

As the synodal discernment continues with the writing of the Instrumentum Laboris, we get an update on the Synod on Synodality from a high-ranking religious sister and an Australian archbishop. Listen to our podcasts here: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/podcast.html

As Caritas Internationalis concludes its 2023 General Assembly, we explore the renewed mission of the Church’s confederation of charitable agencies with its new top leadership. Listen to our podcasts here: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/podcast.html

Several laymen describe their efforts to share the Catholic faith with their friends near and far who have grown lukewarm. Listen to our podcasts here: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/podcast.html

As royal watchers await the coronation of King Charles III of the United Kingdom, an Abbot and Ambassador walk us through several ecumenical elements of the liturgy of the coronation, which has some little-known Catholic elements. Listen to our podcasts here: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/podcast.html

As Pope Francis prepares to depart for his Apostolic Journey to Hungary, we hear from the Vatican and Hungarian ambassadors, as well as members of the local Catholic Church, to get a glimpse of why the Pope is returning to the European nation for the second time in two years. Listen to our podcasts here: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/podcast.html

As many Iranians continue their protests on behalf of “Women, Life, Freedom”, Dr. Mouna Esmaeilzadeh shares her unique story that begins with her experience of death in the mountains of Iran, to life as a political refugee, medical doctor, and entrepreneur in Sweden, and to an invitation to meet Pope Francis to speak up for women fighting for their rights in the country of her birth. Listen to our...

As the psychological trauma from Russia’s war weighs on increasing numbers of Ukrainians, many people are turning to Catholic priests for healing, and the Church is seeking to train them to respond correctly to that pain, according to Msgr. Robert Vitillo. Listen to our podcasts here: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/podcast.html

Four years after terrorists killed 261 people on Easter Sunday, the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka is pursuing the paths of justice any way it can, according to Fr. Julian Patrick Perera and Fr. Shanil Jayawardena, OMI. Listen to our podcasts here: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/podcast.html

As Syria and Iraq mark several important anniversaries in the month of March, we wander across the area of ancient Mesopotamia to see how the Church is assisting people in the midst of modern-day crises. Listen to our podcasts here: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/podcast.html

The Synod Continental Assembly for Africa offers a chance to highlight the multi-faceted identity of the Church in the African continent, with delegates ranging from the Apostolic Nuncio to Ethiopia to women leaders lending their voices. Listen to our podcasts here: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/podcast.html

On the day Pope Francis celebrates the 10th anniversary of his election to the papacy, we explore a few themes that link together the Pope’s constant call for the Church, and all humanity, to embrace fraternity. Listen to our podcasts here: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/podcast.html

On International Women’s Day, we hear Pope Francis’ praise for women, explore a Vatican Museums tour about several female Saints who have shaped the Church, and lament the plight of women living in repressive situations. Listen to our podcasts here: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/podcast.html

Asian Catholics take a turn at expressing their perspective on the Church’s identity at the Synod Continental Assembly for Asia, and a participant in the ‘Digital Synod’ talks about the ‘influencers’ who drummed up interest in synodality. Listen to our podcasts here: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/podcast.html

The Synod Continental Assembly for North America brought together a cross-section of Catholics in the US and Canada for the first major, joint Church project between the two neighbors. Listen to our podcasts here: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/podcast.html

Local Church leaders from across Oceania offer their take on the Continental Stage of the Synod, and share vivid images of how Catholics must journey together along the path of synodality. Listen to our podcasts here: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/podcast.html

In the wake of Pope Francis’ visit to South Sudan, Christians express their hopes that the seeds of peace and ecumenism might bear fruit at all levels of their African nation. Listen to our podcasts here: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/podcast.html

Pope Francis’ four-day visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo has sought to plant the seeds of peace and honesty in the African nation struggling with conflict, according to a missionary priest and the UN’s refugee commissioner. Listen to our podcasts here: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/podcast.html

A Cardinal and a young woman offer a perspective on the Catholic Church in Indonesia, as it pursues programs to boost authentic fraternity and ecological awareness in the Muslim-majority Asian nation under the aegis of Laudato si’. Listen to our podcasts here: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/podcast.html

In the same week as Americans mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we explore the ongoing struggle for social justice with the late Baptist pastor’s own words and the witness of his youngest daughter, Dr. Bernice Albertine King. Listen to our podcasts here: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/podcast.html

With the emotion of the moment behind us, two Cardinals and a Bishop offer their thoughts on the late Pope Benedict XVI and the immense theological heritage he has passed on to the Church. Listen to our podcasts here: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/podcast.html