This week’s “Inside the Vatican” explores the relationship between faith, global politics, and the Catholic understanding of sainthood. First up, America’s Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell and I discuss Pope Francis’ recent address to the Mediterranean bishops in the Southern Italian city of Bari. Francis stressed that the Gospel calls for peacemaking; on “Inside the Vatican,” we discuss the challenges that brings. Up next, the Vatican has taken a groundbreaking step towards making peace with another global power that is at times hostile to it: China. Finally, we turn to a canonization cause that has long been in the works: that of Jesuit Father Rutilio Grande.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 26, 2020 15:22 UTC