Welcome to America magazine’s Conclave Podcast. Our editors are on the ground in Rome covering the conclave to elect the next pope.

In today’s episode from Rome, the team discusses the unfinished business of Pope Francis’ papacy, including:

00:00 - Synodality
7:50 - Fighting sexual abuse
13:22 - Reforming Vatican governance
16:00 - Reforming Vatican finances
17:28 - The work for Christian unity and an upcoming trip to Turkey on the anniversary of the Council of Nicaea

This episode features:
Sam Sawyer, S.J., America’s editor in chief
Sebastian Gomes, America’s executive editor of audio and video
Colleen Dulle, co-host of America’s “Inside the Vatican” podcast
Ashley McKinless, executive editor and co-host of America’s “Jesuitical” podcast

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Links from the show:

• Pope Francis, trailblazing Jesuit with a heart for the poor, dies at 88: https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2025/04/21/pope-francis-dead-249946
• Synodality—and ‘controversial’ issues—are here to stay: Takeaways from the Synod’s final document:
  https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2024/10/26/synod-synodality-final-document-summary-249122
• Explainer: The Vatican’s problematic process to address clergy sex abuse cases:
  https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2024/02/20/vatican-clergy-sex-abuse-crisis-247347
• Timeline: What we know about former Jesuit Marko Rupnik’s alleged abuse—and the questions that remain:
  https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2023/06/22/marko-rupnik-abuse-timeline-245537
• With Pope Francis’ reform of the Roman Curia, nine years of work is coming to fruition:
  https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2022/03/19/roman-curia-pope-francis-242636
• Cardinal McElroy on Curia reform, Vatican finances and the Pope Francis resignation rumors:
  https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2022/09/02/cardinal-mcelroy-interview-vatican-finance-abuse-243677
• Pope Francis hopes to travel to Turkey for Council of Nicaea’s 1,700th anniversary:
  https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2024/12/02/nicaea-synodality-pope-patriarch-theologian-249392

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