Pope Leo is using every way possible to advocate peace

This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Gerard O’Connell and Colleen Dulle discuss Pope Leo’s consistent statements pushing for peace and an end to armed conflicts worldwide. In the second part of the show, Colleen and Gerry unpack a few brief stories including Pope Leo receiving the Liberty Medal from the National Constitution Center, his new home in the apostolic palace and the Vatican’s appeals court’s decision for a partial re-trial in the “Trial of the Century.”

0:00 Intro

1:50 Did Pope Leo tell American leaders to go to confession?

5:43 Pope Leo calls for ceasefire

8:18 Wars are becoming video games

10:53 Leo’s phone call with Palestinian president

14:44 Pope Leo’s laser focus on peace and unity

17:30 Vatican’s soft power in conflicts

19:26 Pope Leo turns down invite to the US

23:13 Pope Leo moves to the Apolostic Palace

27:30 Update on the Vatican’s “Trial of the Century”

32:34 Pope Leo meets with Gareth Gore

33:26 Outro

Links:

What the Middle East needs: Not more bombs, but ‘hard, focused diplomacy’ (americamagazine.org/politics-society/weekly-di…)

Pope Leo to journalists: Don’t become agents of propaganda during wartime (americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2026/03/1…)

Pope Leo to warring nations in the Middle East: ‘Cease fire!’ (americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2026/03/1…)

Pope Leo to accept Liberty Medal and address Americans on July 3rd (americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2026/03/1…)

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