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Colleen Dulle

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Past articles by Colleen:

The holy impatience of waiting for a baby

A Reflection for Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Advent, by Colleen Dulle → Read More

What Judgment Day can teach us about hope

A Reflection for Friday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time, by Colleen Dulle → Read More

Cardinal Ricard confessed to abusing a 14-year-old. What we know and what the Vatican will do next

The former conference president Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard admitted he behaved in a “reprehensible way with a 14-year-old girl” 35 years ago. Here’s where his case stands at the Vatican. → Read More

Spiritual battles—and the ultimate defense that is virtue

A Reflection for Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time, by Colleen Dulle → Read More

‘Vatican Girl’: Netflix’s true-crime documentary on the Holy See’s 40-year-old missing person mystery

A new true-crime documentary series on Netflix, “Vatican Girl,” tells the story of the 1983 disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, a 15-year-old girl who is still the only Vatican citizen considered missing. → Read More

Deep dive: The ‘Synod on Synodality’ — What’s done and what comes next?

For our latest "Inside the Vatican" deep dive, we interviewed top officials in the Vatican’s synod office and ordinary Catholics holding listening sessions around the world—including someone who is more critical of the synod. → Read More

On poetry, angels and mystical visions

A Reflection for the Feast of Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, archangels, by Colleen Dulle → Read More

Mary Magdalene’s friendship with Jesus

A Reflection for Friday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time, by Colleen Dulle → Read More

Review: When popes play peacemaker

Vatican diplomacy has as its primary goal peace through dialogue, which runs counter to the complex dance of pressures and negotiations that nation-states use to jockey for power on the global stage. → Read More

In moments of crisis, we go back to the basics of our faith

A Reflection for Tuesday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time, by Colleen Dulle → Read More

Deep Dive: The painful history of the Catholic Church in Canada

Pope Francis will soon arrive in Canada. What is the history of residential schools in Canada? And what might a papal apology mean in a long, important process of truth-telling and reconciliation? → Read More

The kingdom of God could come like a hurricane

A Reflection for the Fourteenth Wednesday in Ordinary Time, by Colleen Dulle. → Read More

Will Pope Francis resign? Here are some reasons to believe it—and some to be skeptical

Pope Francis’ planned trip to the tomb of Celestine V—the first pope in history to resign by choice—is fueling speculation the the pontiff might be preparing to retire soon. → Read More

There are plenty of good reasons for Pope Francis not to go to Ukraine. Futility is not one of them.

After months of saying publicly he would do everything possible to stop the war in Ukraine, including making a visit to the besieged country, Pope Francis said that a trip to Ukraine was now off the table. → Read More

Interview: Former U.S.-Vatican ambassador says Pope Francis going to Ukraine is ‘advisable, for sure.’

Former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Ken Hackett, in an interview with America, shared his views on the possibility of a papal trip to Ukraine. → Read More

The sights, sounds and smells that help us feel close to Jesus

A Reflection for Monday of Holy Week, by Colleen Dulle → Read More

Pope Francis is drawing on Vatican II to radically change how the Catholic Church is governed

After nine years, Pope Francis has unveiled a major reform of the Vatican Curia—though its emphases may sound familiar. → Read More

Don’t be afraid to ‘bother’ God with your prayers

A Reflection for the Thursday of the First Week of Lent, by Colleen Dulle → Read More

Deep Dive: Who is Rutilio Grande, and what does his beatification mean for the people of El Salvador?

On this deep dive episode of “Inside the Vatican,” we examine the story of Rutilio Grande through the eyes of his friends, family and scholars of his legacy. → Read More

An inside look at Dorothy Day’s contested canonization process

As Dorothy Day's cause for canonization moves from the local phase to Rome, Colleen Dulle shares her insider's perspective. → Read More