Vatican Connections: Pope issues new laws and guidelines for the protection of minors

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Noel Ocol

Welcome back for the season finale of Vatican Connections. Since our last episode, a lot of interesting headlines have been coming from the Vatican, so here are just some of the stories that we bring to you on tonight’s show. The pope embarked on his 28th International Apostolic Journey over the weekend, and we have […]

Vatican Connections: The “trial errors” that could set Cardinal Pell free

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Noel Ocol

Welcome back for another weekly edition of Vatican Connections. Since our last episode, a lot of interesting headlines have come from the Vatican. Here are some of the stories that we bring to you on tonight’s show. The holy stairs of the Scala Sancta have been exposed for the first time in 300 years, and […]

Vatican Connections: Money from the pope’s Lambo goes to…

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Noel Ocol

Welcome to another edition of Vatican Connections. Since our last episode, a lot of interesting things have happened in Rome. Here are just some of the stories that we bring to you on tonight’s show. The pope makes a parish visit on Sunday and offers a great suggestion for Lent. Remember that Lamborghini that the pope […]

Vatican Connections: Hopes on how the Summit on Child Protection translates to the streets

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Noel Ocol

Welcome to another edition of Vatican Connections. This past week the Vatican was filled with humbling emotion, discernment, and ardent resolve as leaders of the Catholic Church from all over the world spent a grueling four days with the pope in an effort to develop some concrete measures against the clerical abuse crisis. Now that […]

Vatican Connections: The Summit on Protection of Minors in the Church begins

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Noel Ocol

This week, all the presidents from the world’s episcopal conferences will convene in Rome for four days at the pope’s request for the much-anticipated sexual abuse summit. On the eve of this event, the world is wondering what will come out of this unprecedented meeting of Church and religious leaders. That’s our feature story for […]

Vatican Connections: What the pope hopes to achieve with his ecumenical and interfaith focus

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Noel Ocol

This week the pope made history yet again by being the first pope ever to set foot in the Arabian Peninsula. Embarking on his 27th international apostolic journey, the Holy Father travelled to the United Arab Emirates with a very clear objective. Now the question is, what is that objective and will he achieve it […]

Vatican Connections: How the announcement of the 2nd Vatican Council was initially received

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Noel Ocol

Last week was all about the 34th World Youth Day as the pope travelled to Panama to be with the youth in what is the largest single gathering of Catholic youth in the world. Yet, despite all the festivities, the Holy Father took a moment to address the clerical abuse scandal during a private luncheon on […]

Vatican Connections: What is the future for female leadership in the Church?

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Noel Ocol

We are back for another week of the latest behind-the-scenes stories directly from the Vatican. And since our last show, a lot of interesting news from Rome has made international headlines. Here are just a few of the stories that we’ll look at in tonight’s show. If you started the new year with the resolution […]

Vatican Connections: Pope’s challenges for the new year

Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Noel Ocol

We are back for a brand new year, continuing our 5th season of the latest behind-the-scenes stories directly from the Vatican. Over the holidays, a lot of interesting things happened in Rome that made headlines around the world. Here are just a few of the stories that we bring you in tonight’s show. There are some […]

Vatican Connections: 2018, a turbulent year for the pope

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Noel Ocol

We are back for another week of the latest behind-the-scenes stories directly from the Vatican. Here are just some of the stories that I have for you on tonight’s show: The pope’s inner circle known as “the C9” just got smaller, and I’ll tell you why. 2019 is shaping up to be a very busy […]