• A sick Pope and a paralysed Vatican: who is actually running the Catholic Church?

  • Mar 28 2025
  • Duración: 11 m
  • Podcast

A sick Pope and a paralysed Vatican: who is actually running the Catholic Church?

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  • A greatly enfeebled Pope Francis is now living in enforced isolation in a suite at his Santa Marta residence that has been converted into hospital accommodation. He won't be resuming public duties for two months, we are told – and even his senior advisors have limited access to him. As a result, it's really not clear who is in charge of the Catholic Church. And, as Damian Thompson reports in this episode of Holy Smoke, it's by no means clear when this paralysis will end; it's significant that there has been so little talk of the Pope making a full recovery. Meanwhile, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State who isn't bothering to hide his ambition to succeed Francis, is continuing to forge alliances...

    Produced by Patrick Gibbons.
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