On this week’s episode of the Prayerful Posse, Raymond Arroyo, Father Gerald Murray, and Robert Royal break down a controversial new Vatican synod report on “emerging issues,” including testimony praising same-sex unions as a “gift from God.” 

The Posse examines the report’s implications for Church teaching, Pope Leo’s latest comments on war and nuclear weapons, and Marco Rubio’s high-profile Vatican visit amid renewed Trump–Leo tensions.

Plus: new US bishop appointments spark debate over politics and immigration, Fordham University’s president publicly disagrees with Catholic teaching on contraception, and the Posse reacts to an unexpected ABBA performance in St. Peter’s Square.

Then, in this week’s “ray of light,” they spotlight a surge of young Catholic converts filling pews in New York City.

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00:00 - Introduction
00:53 - Vatican Synod Backlash
06:34 - Fernández Blocks Gay Blessings
09:04 - Pope Leo & Just War
14:39 - Rubio in Rome
16:17 - Trump vs. Pope Leo
20:36 - ABBA at the Vatican?
22:43 - One Year of Pope Leo
27:58 - Pope Leo’s New Bishops
32:35 - Fordham Controversy
34:34 - Young Catholics Surge in NYC
37:22 - Assisted Suicide Debate