Colm Flynn
@colmflynnire • 37,268 subscribers
International Correspondent for @EWTNews 🇻🇦 Also heard on BBC World Service & RTÉ for special programming and features. Podcast in link below:
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After three years leading EWTN News, Montse Alvarado has been handpicked by Pope Leo XIV to lead one of the Vatican’s most influential departments, becoming the first laywoman and youngest person ever appointed to the position. I sat down with Montse to discuss her time at EWTN and her historic new role as Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication. Montse Alvarado EWTN News
Colm Flynn12,938 views • 1 day ago
Belgium’s publicly funded youth radio station, Studio Brussel (VRT), featured a sketch in which its breakfast presenters smashed various items on air, including a statue of Our Lady and Jesus. I asked if they were concerned it would cause offence, and if they would do the same to a symbol of Islam or Judaism.
Colm Flynn1,270,007 views • 7 months ago
Breaking: Pope Leo Discharged From Hospital, Greets Cheering Crowd
Colm Flynn28,852 views • 7 days ago
I just experienced a beautiful moment here in Beirut, Lebanon. I was sitting in a coffee shop in the city, watching live coverage of the Pope’s arrival on my laptop. Across the room, I noticed two young men huddled over a phone. Curious, I walked over and realised they were also watching the live images of Pope Leo XIV landing in their country. To my surprise, they told me they were both Muslims, and then warmly invited me to sit with them so we could watch it together. When I asked what they hoped the Pope’s visit would bring to Lebanon, they answered simply, "peace". 🇱🇧 🇻🇦
Colm Flynn915,899 views • 10 months ago
The moment I asked Jordan Peterson how his wife Tammy's new Catholic faith has affected them as a couple.
Colm Flynn2,245,203 views • 2 years ago
VATICAN: Pope Francis welcomes Celtic Football Club from Glasgow at the Vatican today, and spoke about the 'valued legacy' of Celtic and how it was originally established to help fight poverty. "I pray that you will continue to remember and bear witness to everything that makes sport genuinely good and noble. May Almighty God bless each of you and your families. I wish you a safe journey home to Scotland." #CelticFC
Colm Flynn1,838,713 views • 2 years ago
French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron arrived at the Vatican today, where Macron held a private meeting with Pope Leo XIV and exchanged gifts with the pontiff. Their talks focused mainly on the war in the Middle East, focusing on Lebanon. This was the French president’s first meeting with Pope Leo XIV. Macron’s last papal meeting was with Pope Francis in Ajaccio, France, in 2024.
Colm Flynn352,122 views • 6 months ago
In the lounge at Beirut Airport waiting for my flight back to Rome, the national Lebanese channel LBCI Lebanon News was on. They were doing a sports segment when I noticed the host and guests were all wearing pins with the Vatican and Lebanese flags - four days after the Pope had left! It really shows how proud they are of the visit. Bravo, Lebanon!
Colm Flynn463,039 views • 10 months ago
You’ve got to admit it, Ann Widdecombe was one of a kind. Rest in peace, Ann.
Colm Flynn154,812 views • 3 months ago
This morning, shortly before 5am local time, a man entered a shrine in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and set it on fire. Outside he wrote 'Devil in a skirt' on a statue of Our Lady. Medjugorje is one of the world’s best-known Roman Catholic pilgrimage sites.
Colm Flynn122,954 views • 2 months ago
The beautiful sound of the Notre Dame ‘Worker’s Choir’ rehearsing. More than 80 engineers, architects, carpenters, crane operators, construction workers… who all worked on the Cathedral’s restoration have formed a choir that will perform inside Notre Dame next week.
Colm Flynn803,433 views • 1 year ago
Here's a beautiful story of an Irish postman called Mike Sheehan, who cycled up to 30 miles a day for 42 years delivering post around Goleen in West Cork. While other postmen opted for cars and motorbikes because of the steep mountainous terrain, Mike never changed. His son Vincent at the end is lovely. 🇮🇪 A report of mine from 2019!
Colm Flynn875,216 views • 2 years ago
As the final day of mourning of Pope Francis came to an end, and we are on the verge of a conclave to elect a new Pope, a huge lightning storm lit up the skies above the Vatican in Rome last night. This was around 3:30am local time and just listen to that crash of thunder at the end!
Colm Flynn522,721 views • 1 year ago
Before he was Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost had heard about 16-year-old Donal Walsh who was dying of cancer in the west of Ireland. He was so impressed by Donal's deep that he wrote him a letter offering to make him an honorary Augustinian. And two days before he died, Donal was sworn in. This is the story of a teenager whose courage and conviction inspired Ireland, and also a future Pope.
Colm Flynn493,044 views • 1 year ago