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The world was watching as American Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, stepped out onto the balcony of St Peter's Basilica earlier this week. William Crawley, live from Rome, gathers reaction from around the world. He’s joined by Austen Ivereigh, biographer of Pope Francis, and Professor Anna Rowlands, Professor of Catholic Social Thought & Practice at Durham University. British Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe gives his first interview after voting in the conclave and tells the programme how he found the experience. We hear the reaction from Catholics in the UK and around world and explore how an American Pope will shape not only the Catholic church, but global politics going forwards.Presenter: William Crawley Producers: Dan Tierney in Rome; Katy Davis & Rosie Dawson in Salford Studio Managers: Jonathan Esp and Amy Brennan Production Coordinator: Liz Poole Editor: Chloe Walker

While Sistine chapels’ voting booth remains unpredictable, there are still potential runners and riders. To discuss these front runners as well as the intriguing internal politics of the papal conclave, William Crawley is joined by papal expert Edward Pentin and Vatican reporter Colleen Dulle.Also in the programme, we hear from the Gammarelli family, who have been dressing bishops, cardinals and popes for over 200 years. They were the personal tailors to Pope Francis, as well as his predecessors. William Crawley speaks to the shop owner, Lorenzo Gammarelli near the Pantheon in Rome.And William interviews Sister Nathalie Becquart, who has served as an undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops since 2021. She is the first woman to hold such an important position and the first to have voting rights in the Synod. Presenter: William Crawley Producers: Catherine Murray in Rome; Bara'atu Ibrahim & Ruth Purser in Salford Studio Managers: Phil Booth and Sharon Hughes Production Coordinator: Liz Poole Editor: Tim Pemberton

William Crawley is live from St Peter's Square in Rome, reflecting on Pope Francis’s funeral. He’s joined by Austen Ivereigh, biographer of Pope Francis, and Professor Anna Rowlands, Professor of Catholic Social Thought & Practice at Durham University. The Venerable English College in Rome is the oldest British institution outside the United Kingdom. The college provides education and training for seminarians and priests from all over the world. This year the college doors are open for public tours for the first time in to mark the Catholic Jubilee year and William visits college Rector, Fr Stephen Wang to find out more.As well as speaking to pilgrims paying their final respects to Pope Francis earlier in the week, William hear speaks to the UK’s most senior Catholic Cardinal Vincent Nichols on the upcoming Conclave and future of the church.Presenter: William Crawley Producers: Dan Tierney in Rome and Katy Davis and Bara’atu Ibrahim in Salford Studio Managers: Denis O'Hare in Rome and Nat Stokes and Carwyn Griffith in Salford Editor: Tim Pemberton