How 2020 changed the Vatican

The coronavirus pandemic upended everyone’s plans for 2020—including the Vatican’s. From the first weeks of the pandemic when Pope Francis prayed in the rain in St. Peter’s Square to the London finance scandal to the new standards of transparency ushered in by the McCarrick report, it’s been an unprecedented year in every way. This week on “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle and Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell recap the biggest Vatican moments of 2020. The hosts focus on three areas of change in the Vatican: transparency, missionary work, and solidarity with the poor. Links from the show: Gerard O’Connell: The Top 7 Pope Francis Stories of 2020 Deep Dive: The Vatican’s $200 million London real estate scandal, explained Deep Dive: How will historians judge Pope Pius XII’s decisions during World War II? Deep Dive: The Rise and Fall of Theodore McCarrick Deep Dive: The Vatican-China deal, explained Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices