#12523 Pope Leo XIV, The Synod and Major Church News | End of Year Show - Edgar Lujano
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🗓️ 30 December 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Cy Kellett, Edgar Lujano, and Todd Aglialoro review and analyze some of the most important Catholic and Church-related developments of 2025, including Pope Leo XIV’s meeting with King Charles III, the Archdiocese of New York’s major settlement fund for clergy abuse claims, and the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality with its focus on inclusion. They also examine the significance of Pope Leo XIV’s first international trip to Turkey and Lebanon, explaining what these events reveal about the direction of the Church and its engagement with the world.
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Questions Covered:
- 4:43 – Pope Leo XIV meets King Charles III
- 19:05 – The Archdiocese of New York announces a $300 million fund to settle clergy abuse claims
- 29:41 – The Synod on Synodality concludes, emphasizing inclusion
- 40:48 – Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural trip to Turkey and Lebanon
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| 0:11.5 | Learn more at realestateforlife.org. Hello and welcome to Catholic Answers live. Today we are going to get some penultimate answers to the big questions about 2025. |
| 0:40.3 | Usually what we like to do is take the last two days of the year to reflect on the year we have just experienced from a Catholic perspective. |
| 0:48.3 | And here to help us do that. |
| 0:50.3 | We're going to run through the big Catholic stories. |
| 0:52.3 | We're going to run through stories that the media should have covered if they thought like we think. We're going to talk about the person of the year. Maybe we'll talk about the Catholic person of the year, and then we'll get into what Catholics need to do in 2026 to make the world, to teach the world to sing or whatever. I don't know how, to make the world a better place. |
| 1:11.2 | Buy the world to Coke. |
| 1:12.2 | Yes, right. |
| 1:13.4 | Here to help us. |
| 1:14.0 | That was Todd Aguilaro, the director of publishing here at Catholic Answers. |
| 1:20.1 | Todd, welcome. |
| 1:21.6 | Hi. |
| 1:21.9 | Merry Christmas. |
| 1:22.8 | Merry Christmas. |
| 1:23.4 | Why, thank you very much. |
| 1:24.6 | That's right. |
| 1:24.9 | And also with us, Edgar Lueno, the assistant to the host here. |
| 1:31.5 | Technically, I'm just a producer today and not assistant host. |
| 1:35.5 | Thanks, Edgar, for being here. |
| 1:37.3 | Did you both, I just want to get your qualifications on this. |
| 1:40.0 | Did you both live through the year 2025? |
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