This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Junno Arocho Esteves, international correspondent for OSV News, joins host Colleen Dulle to explain what factors the Vatican is likely weighing in its decision-making on whether or not to join the “Board of Peace.”

0:00 Intro
1:45 Changes in Vatican coverage since Pope Leo
4:18 Trump's invitation to the 'Board of Peace'
8:30 The Board of Peace, the U.N. and Gaza
13:08 History of the Neocatechumenal Way
17:26 Pope Leo on the Neocatechumenal Way
19:05 The Way's unique liturgical style
19:50 Relationship with local churches
21:19 Controversies
25:00 Pope Leo's history with the Way
26:46 Vatican reforms to lay movements
33:27 Pope Leo's upcoming trips
35:43 Message for World Communications Day
37:28 Credits

Links:

Vatican weighs joining Trump’s Board of Peace but calls for respect for international law https://www.americamagazine.org/news/2026/01/22/trump-peace-board-vatican/

Top Vatican official calls violence in Minneapolis ‘unacceptable’ https://www.americamagazine.org/news/2026/01/29/cardinal-parolin-minneapolis-killings-unacceptable/

Pope encourages Neocatechumenal Way to continue mission ‘without closing yourselves off’ https://www.osvnews.com/pope-encourages-neocatechumenal-way-to-continue-mission-without-closing-yourselves-off/

Pope Leo to visit Spain this year, with stops in Madrid, Barcelona and Canary Islands, cardinal says https://www.americamagazine.org/news/2026/01/09/pope-visit-spain-2026-madrid-barcelona-canary-islands/

What does the Vatican know about A.I.? A lot, actually. https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2025/01/31/vatican-artificial-intelligence-benanti-249821/

Pope Leo gives stark warning on AI: We must ‘safeguard ourselves.’ https://www.americamagazine.org/news/2026/01/26/pope-leo-ai-human-safeguarding/

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