“Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle and veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell cover important arts events at the Vatican in the lead-up to Christmas—including a concert featuring Michael Bublé—and the final Jubilee Year event: the jubilee for prisoners and those who work in prisons.

0:00 Intro
0:53 Concert for the Poor with Michael Bublé
4:04 Riccardo Muti wins Ratzinger Prize
8:33 Roberto Benigni’s St. Peter broadcast
12:35 Chris Pratt’s documentary on St. Peter’s tomb
13:32 Vatican nativity scene and Christmas tree
14:39 Pope Leo’s Jubilee of Prisoners homily
20:12 Capital punishment
22:51 Jubilee calls to release prisoners
24:59 Leo comments on his Blue Mosque visit
29:45 Leo sends condolences after Australia shooting
32:02 Outro and Credits

Links from the show:
Pope Leo asks Michael Bublé to give his best for the poor at Vatican Christmas concert https://www.americamagazine.org/news/2025/12/05/pope-asks-michael-buble-christmas-concert-for-the-poor/
Pope Leo attends Vatican Christmas concert for the poor featuring Catholic singer Michael Bublé https://www.americamagazine.org/news/2025/12/08/pope-leo-attends-vatican-christmas-concert-for-the-poor-featuring-catholic-singer-michael-buble/
Full text: Pope Leo’s homily on the Sunday of the Jubilee of Prisoners https://www.americamagazine.org/pope-leo-xiv-homilies/2025/12/14/full-text-pope-leos-homily-on-the-sunday-of-the-jubilee-of-prisoners/
Executions nearly doubled in 2025. But the Jubilee Year saw other good news for death penalty abolition. https://www.americamagazine.org/short-take/2025/12/11/death-penalty-executions-jubilee/
Pope Leo explains why he appeared not to pray at the Blue Mosque in Turkey https://www.americamagazine.org/explainer/2025/12/10/pope-leo-prayer-blue-mosque-istanbul/
Pope Leo condemns ‘antisemitic violence,’ ‘terrorist massacre’ in Sydney https://www.americamagazine.org/news/2025/12/15/pope-leo-condemns-antisemitic-violence-terrorist-sydney/
Pope Leo picks Chicago-born Ronald Hicks to follow Dolan in New York https://www.americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2025/12/18/pope-leo-ronald-hicks-dolan-new-york/

Credits:
Producer: Ricardo da Silva, S.J.
Audio engineering and video editing: Kevin Christopher Robles
Executive producer: Sebastian Gomes
Inside the Vatican is a production of America Media.

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