On “Inside the Vatican” this week, Senior Vatican Correspondent Gerard O’Connell explains what we know about the meeting, what cardinals are expecting, and what it means that this will be Pope Leo’s first big agenda item that was not already planned for Pope Francis.

0:00 Intro
1:41 Leo calls the cardinals to Rome in a special consistory
4:37 How popes use consistories
8:43 The cardinals’ questions
10:19 Possible consistory topics
16:36 Meeting structure/venue
18:36 Leo’s own agenda
23:44 How the papal household works
28:32 Leo’s inner circle
32:00 Internationalizing the Curia
33:30 A new Vatican document on monogamy
38:43 Outro

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Links from the show:
Buy Gerry’s new book (Spanish edition) El último Cónclave! https://arpaeditores.com/products/el-ultimo-conclave
Pope Leo to call College of Cardinals to Rome for a two-day January meeting https://www.americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2025/11/08/pope-leo-to-call-college-of-cardinals-to-rome-for-a-two-day-january-meeting/
Vatican News: Augustinian Fr Daleng new vice regent of Pontifical Household https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-11/fr-daleng-osa-appointment-pope-vice-regent-pontifical-household.html

Credits:
Producer: Kevin Christopher Robles
Audio engineering and video editing: Kevin Christopher Robles
Executive producer: Sebastian Gomes
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