This week on “Inside the Vatican,” America Vatican correspondents Gerard O’Connell and Colleen Dulle discuss a historic concert at the Vatican, Pope Leo’s birthday, and excerpts from his first major papal interview.

Links:
Leo turns 70: What it means to have a (relatively) young pope: https://www.americamagazine.org/news-analysis/2025/09/12/pope-leo-70th-birthday-2
Pope Leo receives credentials of U.S. ambassador to the Holy See: https://www.americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2025/09/13/pope-leo-brian-burch-vatican-credentials
Pope Leo calls out billionaires and income inequality in first interview: https://www.americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2025/09/14/pope-leo-first-interview-ukraine-synodality-polarization
From Chicago to Chiclayo to Rome: The Global Social Vision of Pope Leo XIV: https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/responses/from-chicago-to-chiclayo-to-rome-the-global-social-vision-of-pope-leo-xiv
The unlikely hip-hop duo performing at a historic Vatican concert: https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2025/09/11/clipse-hip-hop-vatican-concert

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:30 Pope Leo's birthday
3:28 Pope Leo gives first interview
7:55 Pope Leo calls Gaza parish
12:00 Pope Leo's global perspective
15:19 Leo's comments on inequality
20:04 Papal document on poverty
22:27 Comments on synodality
28:44 Pop concert in St. Peter's Square
35:25 The show's message
38:20 A square of emotions
40:37 Counteracting polarization
42:38 Outro

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