Your daily dose of catholic inside information. The Catholic Insider is a podcast by father Roderick Vonhögen, catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Fr. Roderick takes you to the streets of Madrid where he joins the colorful and festive procession of the ‘Virgen de la Paloma’, the Virgin of The Dove.
In this episode, we visit another World Heritage Site: the town of Baeza in Andalusia. Baeza has many of the best-preserved examples of Italian Renaissance architecture in Spain.
In this episode, we get an exclusive tour of the stunning Mezquita cathedral and former Great Mosque of Córdoba. Spanish priest and vicar general Fernando Cruz-Conde Suarez de Tangil tells us everything about this World Heritage Site.
We continue our exploration of the Moorish palaces of the Alhambra in Granada. Even though the Alhambra mosque was destroyed after the reconquista and replaced by a church, the baths needed for ritual purification were preserved.
In this episode, we visit the stunning gardens of the ‘Palacio de Generalife’ that date back to the times of Muslim rule in Spain. Thousands of plants, trees and flowers as well as the countless fountains in the upper gardens all depend on an intricate irrigation system that still impresses today.
Join Fr. Roderick on an audio tour of the picturesque old historical Plaka neighbourhood in the city of Athens.Subscribe to the feed | Subscribe via iTunes
In this episode of the Catholic Insider, we join Fr. Robert who shows us around in Saint Mary’s Cathedral. We talk about skating, fake drug smuggling priests and Canadian Jesuits on our way to the airport as I wrap up my visit to Winnipeg and head for Toronto.
In this episode we explore the historic tipis of native Canadians, and we take a walk on the two rivers of Winnipeg. No need for special water-walking-Jesus-skills though, since both rivers are frozen!
In this episode we will visit the Forks market in Winnipeg, Canada. Experience the sights, sounds and smells of one of Winnipeg’s most popular places.
In this episode of the Catholic Insider we go outside to explore the cold, snow-covered banks of the Red River. Kris and George show me the cathedral of St. Boniface and we hear about the history of the arrival of the ‘blackrobes’ in Canada.
In this second episode from Winnipeg, you will hear part 2 of the hockeymatch between the Canadian Manitoba Moose and the American Syracuse Crunch. Will the Americans win, or will the Canadians be able to fight back?
I’m visiting some of the major cities of Canada to speak about podcasting, new media and the Catholic Church, and to meet with SQPN listeners and viewers. I start my tour of Canada in Winnipeg. I’ve been invited to speak about catholics and the new media revolution at St. Paul’s College Alumni and Friends Annual Dinner. The day of my arrival, I was invited by a priest to join him and some friends for a game of hockey between the Canadian Manitoba Moose and the American Syracuse Crunch. In this episode, you’ll hear the first part of this event!
An exclusive tour of the birthplace of the most disfunctional yellow family in the world. Simpsons animator Luis Escobar is our guide as we discover how Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie and their friends come to life!
Part 2 of our tour of the Simpsons animation studios! Luis Escobar takes us behind the scenes and reveals how voice actors, writers, directors and animators work together to create the Simpsons. And… we discover who really killed Maud Flanders!
In this episode we try to get into one of Rome’s biggest religious souvenir stores, we discover some weird merchandise, we learn about the Patron Saint for Free Parking Spots and we sample two of Rome’s best ice creams!
In this episode of the Catholic Insider, we visit the Trevi Fountain and the Pantheon. From there, I’ve only got 10 minutes to go to the Vatican, but will I make it in time?
In this episode, we will ride by bike on the bumpy Via dei Fori Imperiali from the Colosseum to the Piazza Venetia. And from there, I will take you to the Pontifical Gregorian University, one of the oldest universities in the world!
In this episode of the Catholic Insider, we will navigate the busy streets of Rome by bike to see the magnificent Colosseum and the ancient Forum Romanum!
In the next couple of episodes I will take you on a tour across the busy streets of Rome.. on a bike! We will ride over the bumpy roads through heavy traffic to visit a number of spectacular places in this beautiful old city. First stop: Circus Maximus!
In this new episode of our series about Rome and its surroundings I will take you back to the basilica of St. John Lateran for the second part of our tour.
This episode will take us back to the city of Rome. We will start at the Porta Asinaria near the city wall and the Via Appia Nuova in Rome, not far from the oldest basilica in Rome, the famous St. John Lateran.
Spiderman, Godzilla, X-Men, King Kong and Men in Black all have one thing in common: their adventures take place in New York City. In this episode of the Catholic Insider Video Podcast we will drive around Manhattan with Nick d’Agostino to see the Big Apple with our own eyes!
This third Catholic Insider video podcast shows my landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport. During the landing, I forgot to hold on to my Nintendo DS. As a result, it was catapulted into the air and it hit the chair in front of me. Did it survive the crash?
In this second Catholic Insider video podcast, we fly from Amsterdam to New York. I’m travelling Business Class. That means comfortable chairs, plenty of leg room, good food, great movies, and… massive turbulence!!
A morning walk in the Lateran area of Rome, where you can find many interesting archeological remains, the beautiful basilica of St. John in Lateran, the typical busy Roman traffic and some great Italian coffee.
In this episode of the Catholic Insider, I take you with me on a new trip to the Eternal City: Rome. Exactly one year after the election of pope Benedict XVI I am back in the Vatican.
A soundseeingtour in the city of Breda: Carnival, the Eleven Cities Tour, the Cathedral, the Chapel of the Beguines and a visit to my new nephew, Lucas.
Join me as I visit the beautiful Old Church in the heart of Amsterdam. An age-old oasis of peace and beauty in the busy heart of the capital’s Red Light District…
In Holy Cross Abbey, a 2000 year old relic is kept and venerated until today. And in Kilkenny, we visit a cathedral that has what looks like a huge round chimney.
Adventurous podcasting in this episode: we start on the edge of the cliffs of Moher, surrounded by a thick blanket of mist, and we will climb down another dangerous cliff to get to a rocky shore where gigantic waves are crashing into the dark rock face.
The imposing Rock of Cashel, towering over the small village and the green hills below, has known both peace and war, serene prayers as well as violent battles, breathtaking beauty as well as brutal destruction. Join me in my discovery of the fascinating history of this magnificent site.
In this podcast, I will take you on a soundseeingtour during which we discover the magnificent cathedrals of Dublin: St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Christ Church. You can also hear beautiful choral music performed live during the evensong at St. Patrick’s!
In part 2 of my visit to Ireland, I will tell you about the secrets of the ancient Book of Kells and I will unveil the real location of the Jedi Library! After that, we will do some more soundseeing in the streets of Dublin and visit Dublin’s Stephen’s Green Park for a relaxing walk in the afternoon.
In this first episode in a series of podcasts made in Ireland, I will take you on a soundseeingtour through the streets of Dublin. Enjoy the sun, the sounds of the street, the live music and more!
In this episode, I will take you to the foot of the hill on which pope Benedict XVI celebrates Mass together with 1,1 million young catholics gathered on the Marienfeld near Cologne.
The Catholic Insider is reporting live from Marienfeld, Germany, during the World Youth Day vigil with Pope Benedict XVI. Experience the atmosphere among the hundreds of thousands of young people during a night lit by countless candles, the air filled with beautiful music and songs.
In this episode, I will take you to Cologne for the third time. We will visit the cathedral and we will have an exciting encounter with pope Benedict XVI – we will get closer to him than ever before!
This episode has a French flavour to it. I start day two in Cologne with a trainride in a compartment full of young French pilgrims. But when I arrive in Cologne, I hear the shocking news that the founder of Taize, brother Roger, has been murdered!
A jam-packed episode about my first day in Cologne, with a soundseeing tour of the huge World Youth Days-press center, great music and interviews with journalists and television producers.
What do the virgin Mary and a runway of an airport have to do with each other? Discover this and more during a soundseeingtour of the German place of pilgrimage Kevelaer.
This episode starts outside in the middle of a thunderstorm, with heavy rain pouring down from the sky. We meet a Canadian Archbishop, we join a barbecue and we listen to a genuine traditional Dutch street organ!
More than one million young people from all over the world prepare to head over to Germany to meet with pope Benedict XVI during the World Youth Days. In my town Amersfoort, we welcome 32 guests from Canada; we’ll join them in my first ‘BoatCast’!
Spiritual food, Italian food and musical food in this podcast from Rome! We will visit the ancient, venerable English College, the Italian restaurant of ‘Big Mama’ and a spectacular open air-concert under the starry sky in the heart of the eternal city.
In this show, I talk about the important role of the BBC worldservice during my youth and about video-podcasting and video iPods. Some new podsafe music in this show as well. I’ve almost no voice because of a severe cold I caught in the middle of summer!
In today’s episode, you can listen to ‘The Power of the Pod’: An interview I did on Vatican Radio about podcasting and about all the new and exciting possibilities it offers to the Vatican and to the Catholic Church.
In this episode, we will discover the story behind the central fountain on the beautiful Piazza Navona in Rome, and we will walk up to the magnificent Colosseum where gladiators fought and christian martyrs died almost 2000 years ago.
In this episode, I will take you on two soundseeingtours in Rome. We will visit a beautiful, opulent building that, ironically, commemorates someone who wanted to be as poor as possible, and a hospital constructed by a pope after a horrible nightmare.
Horrific bombings in London have killed and injured countless people. Once again our world is in shock, confronted with the horror of such incomprehensible violence. In this podcast I’ll share my thoughts and prayers.
Today, I’ll take you back to the huge building of Vatican Radio for a short soundseeing tour. When I first visited Vatican Radio earlier this year, I helped the people over there to start podcasting. So let’s revisit some old friends over there!
Another soundseeing tour in the city of Rome! This time, we’ll travel with the metro to a meeting with Stefano, an Italian listener to the show. He’s in the communications business, and we’ll talk about video podcasting, technology and the Catholic faith.
Live from Saint Peter’s Square, the Catholic Insider let’s you experience a general audience with Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday June 22. Listen to the sounds, and feel the warmth of both the sun and the hearts of the 30.000 people present!
In this show I will take you on a soundseeing tour through the streets of Rome. From Piazza Navona we’ll go to the church where the only Dutch pope is buried, and we’ll head over to the Vatican in search for tickets for an audience with pope Benedict XVI.
In this ‘travelcast’ I’ll take you with me on a plane from Germany to Rome, where I will stay for the next couple of days. A podcast with great music, bad airplane-coffee and heavenly cappucino when we arrive in the Eternal City…
The second part of my podcast about Batman’s Belief on the occasion of the premier of Batman Begins. I’m taking you to the theater to give you my first impressions of the movie. Which belief motivates the choices and the actions of the Caped Crusader?
What is Batman’s belief? The question about Batman’s religion is not as silly as it might seem. In this podcast, I’ll take you on a soundseeingtour to the premiere of the movie Batman Begins, while we talk about this subject. Oh, and there’s icecream too!
In this podcast, we will continue our search for movies about exorcism during our ongoing inquiry into this phenomenon. We’ll do some soundseeing of the medieval city of Amersfoort in the process. We’ll also meet apodcasting priest with a Taco Bell-problem.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has recently started his own podcast. In this episode of the Catholic Insider, he talks with fr. Roderick about the rise of podcasting, about his motivation to jump on the bandwagon, about his own personal favorite podcasts and about the financial side of podcasting
In this episode, Doc Brown will take us back once again to the future of podcasting and of the Catholic Insider. Which secret plans does Steve Jobs have up his sleeve? And how is the Catholic Insider preparing for the future?
In this show you can listen to the first episode of my inquiry into the phenomenon of exorcism. We know it from the movies, but does it exist for real?
In this podcast, I’ll take you with me to the theater to see the early premiere of Star Wars Episode III – The Revenge of the Sith. I’ll share with you my impressions before, during and after the premiere of this last instalment of the Star Wars Saga!
In this show, we’ll get up early and delve into the mysterious past of the medieval city I live in. We’ll participate in something that Catholics here have been doing every year since 1444. So what happened so many centuries ago? Listen to find out!
We’ll visit Amsterdam again for a new soundseeingtour on the Dam Square. We will see a Royal Church, a huge white pillar, modern torture devices and lots of ‘flying rats’. I will also talk more about the future of podcasting and the Catholic Insider, and of course we’ll have great music.
In this podcast, we’ll take Doc Brown’s specially modified Popemobile to visit the future Catholic Insider Headquarters. And we received a call from the Vatican about ‘Benny’.
The first podcast in the history of Podcasting that will let you witness the presentation of a new pope. Hear the excitement of the crowd, the music, the applause, and the first words of Pope Benedict XVI ‘live’ from Saint Peter’s Square!
This podcast takes you back to the morning of Tuesday, April 19. We’ll go to St. Peter’s Square to witness the smoke that will indicate the result of the second and third ballots. Will it be white, or will it be black? The excitement is building up!
Let me take you to the Vatican on the evening of the first day of the Conclave, where we’ll join ten thousands of people on St. Peter’s square, gazing with anticipation at a small chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel. Will there be a vote today? Will we see white smoke? Feel the atmosphere and the excitement in today’s Catholic Insider Podcast!
In this podcast I’ll start the first episode of the Star Wars chronicles, we’ll do a soundseeingtour in Amsterdam and I’ll reveal some of the secrets of the upcoming Conclave in the Vatican.
This podcast brings you back to the early morning of April 8, 2005, the day of the funeral of pope John Paul II. Father Roderick reporting ‘almost live’ from St. Peter’s Square.
Let me take you back to the night before the pope’s funeral, and let’s do a soundseeingtour of the streets around St.Peter’s square, crowded with ten thousands of young people who travelled to Rome from all over the world.
In this podcast, we’ll visit some hidden locations in Vatican City, we’ll meet some cardinals, I’ll take you to the belltower of the Friezenchurch and I’ll have an exclusive interview with the Dutch Cardinal about the upcoming conclave.
In this podcast, we’ll walk to the gates of Vatican City. I will take you past the Swiss guards, inside the sacristy of St. Peter’s basilica, where I’ll prepare to join a celebration of the Eucharist for the soul of John Paul II.
In this podcast we will set the alarm to wake us up very early. We’ll take the bike, and drive through the cold, starry night to the Vatican to try to get into Saint Peter’s basilica to pay our last respects to pope John Paul.
In this podcast we’ll walk around on St. Peter’s Square and talk with some people there. There’s new music, questions and feedback, plus an April Fool’s 2006 threat.
Did you count all the Whoppers and Heineken beers in the April 1 Catholic Insider podcast? Then you should check out this important announcement concerning ‘Godshow’.
This special podcast is dedicated to the events surrounding the death of pope John Paul II in the evening of April 2, 2005. I will take you to Saint Peter’s Square where we will experience the emotions of the crowd gathered there in prayer and grief.
In this show I will take you on another soundseeing tour of saint Peter’s square where thousands of people have gathered to be with pope John Paul II in his last moments. We’ll do a lot of interviews, and I’ll tell you all about what’s going on in the Vatican today.
In this extra podcast, I’m taking you with me as I go to the Vatican, where ten thousands of people have gathered in the night to pray together for pope John Paul II, who is dying. There is a lot of emotion and sadness but also much prayer and love.
I’ve just arrived in Rome. There has just been a statement that the situation of the pope is deteriorating quickly, with vital functions getting shut down. In a minute I will head over to the Vatican to do a podcast on what is happening.
Pope John Paul II is close to death. This night, pope John Paul II has had heart failure, and he received the communion that is given to those who are dying. Listen to a special edition of the Catholic Insider about the situation in the Vatican.
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