PLAY PODCASTS
What Pope Leo’s first days tell us about his priorities

What Pope Leo’s first days tell us about his priorities

Inside The Vatican

May 12, 202533m 12s

Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (traffic.megaphone.fm) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.

Show Notes

Welcome to America magazine’s Conclave Podcast. Our editors are on the ground in Rome covering the first days of Leo XIV’s historic papacy.

Today, Pope Leo met with members of the Vatican press corps and the thousands of other media in Rome covering his election, telling them to be peacemakers and calling for the release of all imprisoned journalists. 

On our final episode recorded in Rome, the team discusses:

  • How Pope Leo related to the media, and the importance of his message of peace and truth in a world threatened by war and the rise of A.I.

  • Pope Leo’s meeting with the College of Cardinals on Saturday, in which he signaled that he would continue the work started by Pope Francis

  • Pope Leo’s “honeymoon” period—and the opposition he will inevitably face

This episode features:

  • Sebastian Gomes, America’s executive editor of audio and video

  • Gerard O’Connell, America’s Vatican correspondent 

  • Ashley McKinless, executive editor and co-host of America’s “Jesuitical” podcast

Links from the show:


Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices