Vatican Access with Robert Duncan

Vatican Access is a @CatholicNewsSvc podcast hosted by @RDinRome, featuring interviews and analysis on the people shaping the Catholic Church.

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She found children living in horrific conditions at a Jamaican orphanage—even though donors were sending money.

That experience shaped 25 years of work helping the poor around the world.

Can charities be trusted?

What actually works?

And is Christian charity about more than money?

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Full episode: https://t.co/awW65CU9NO

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Many Westerners leave Christianity searching for deeper spiritual experience—and often find their way to Buddhism.

Fr. Francis Tiso, a Catholic priest and scholar of Tibetan Buddhism, explains why, what attracts people to Buddhist practice, and how Christians might recover forgotten traditions of contemplation and spiritual discipline.

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Full episode: https://t.co/KfrLU3nw0R

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The biggest mistake people will make about Pope Leo's AI encyclical?

Thinking it's primarily about technology.

@CatholicNewsSvc @RDinRome sat down with four scholars invited to the Vatican's recent AI summit, each of whom has spent years studying technology, media, education, and the human person.

Their conclusion:

Pope Leo's deepest concern isn't artificial intelligence.

It's what happens to human beings in an age of artificial intelligence.

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@DeptofWar Full episode: https://t.co/Lg5SLWgINO

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More UFO files dropped this morning from @DeptofWar ... Maybe a good time to revisit this conversation with one of the Vatican's top voices on all things "out there."

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Days after the latest UFO/UAP disclosures, I sat down with the Vatican’s most prominent astronomer, Br. Guy Consolmagno, for a conversation about aliens, faith, Elon Musk, conspiracy culture, and whether modern obsession with extraterrestrials has become a substitute religion.

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Full episode: https://t.co/40BGuHuLcH

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Are Demons Hidden in Our Tech?

A Catholic psychologist (@drseantobin) who works directly with exorcists warns that phones, social media & AI are reshaping the human soul in dangerous ways.

Full episode in reply.

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@StevenBartlett @Diary_Of_A_CEO @CatholicNewsSvc Full episode: https://t.co/Lg5SLWgINO

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Hey @StevenBartlett of @Diary_Of_A_CEO , you asked your UFO guests what aliens would mean for religion: https://t.co/fUt7BVbETm

@CatholicNewsSvc just asked the Vatican's astronomer the same thing.

[Rod Dreher @roddreher]

Wow! Pope Leo's astronomer responds to Trump's UFO disclosure. Watch this:
https://t.co/06i4lVZkyv

[Elizabeth Scalia @TheAnchoress]

UFO-themed talks have been held at St. Anne’s nearly a dozen times since the early 2000s. The events are not official Vatican initiatives, though Italian media hv occasionally highlighted them w/headlines such as “The Holy See Opens to UFOs.” https://t.co/96hQOPIBGQ @OSVNews

[Interstellar @InterstellarUAP]

Guy Consolmagno - The Pope's Astronomer: "UFO's are becoming a substitute for religion" 👽🛸😱

He links it to fear of being alone in the universe. He’s skeptical of claims but open to aliens deepening our faith.

Is the belief in UFO's & Aliens the new secular religion?

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Full episode: https://t.co/SOenW6lCzV

[Vatican Access with Robert Duncan @vaticanaccess]

Days after the latest UFO/UAP disclosures, I sat down with the Vatican’s most prominent astronomer, Br. Guy Consolmagno, for a conversation about aliens, faith, Elon Musk, conspiracy culture, and whether modern obsession with extraterrestrials has become a substitute religion.

[Vatican Access with Robert Duncan @vaticanaccess]

Grateful for the plug in The Catholic Journalist May 2026 issue!

[Robert Duncan @RDinRome]

Grateful to @CatholicFaithTV for the chance to share what @CatholicNewsSvc is up to with @vaticanaccess!

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One year after the election of Pope Leo XIV, veteran Vatican journalist @gerryorome talks to @CatholicNewsSvc to tell the inside story of the conclave that elected the first American pope.

From secret pre-conclave tensions over Francis’ legacy to the moment Cardinal Prevost emerged inside the Sistine Chapel, this is a deep dive into how it really happened.

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People are asking AI about God.

@SandersGame (@magisteriumai ) is building tools at the intersection of artificial intelligence and Catholic evangelization—and reaching millions in the process.

Can you find the meaning of life in an algorithm?

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