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The Popecast: A History of the Papacy

The unvarnished, non-boring history of the popes of the Roman Catholic Church – told in a way to remind us that the world and the Church’s problems today have happened plenty of times before. For earl... Read more

Ranked #1

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A Review of Netflix's "The Two Popes" (w/ Taylor Schroll of Forte Catholic)

A Review of Netflix's "The Two Popes" (w/ Taylor Schroll of Forte Catholic)

Netflix's new film "The Two Popes" is a recently-released biographical drama of the friendship between Pope Emeritus Ben... Read more

26 Dec 2019

39mins

Ranked #2

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Gaudete et Exsultate: Interview w/ Katie Prejean McGrady

Gaudete et Exsultate: Interview w/ Katie Prejean McGrady

Speaker & author Katie Prejean McGrady joins the Popecast to chat about Pope Francis' new apostolic exhortation, Gau... Read more

14 Apr 2018

45mins

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The Pope Who Was Once an Antipope (Vigilius) - Infallibility Series, Pt. 2

The Pope Who Was Once an Antipope (Vigilius) - Infallibility Series, Pt. 2

This week's pope was one of the only guys to have been an anti-pope before getting legitimately elected, he pretty much ... Read more

20 Apr 2018

13mins

Ranked #4

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The Pope who Condemned the Sexual Revolution (St. Paul VI)

The Pope who Condemned the Sexual Revolution (St. Paul VI)

Paul VI was nothing short of a prophet. He called out society’s future ills decades before they actually happened, and r... Read more

8 Mar 2018

14mins

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The Pope They Called a Heretic (Honorius I) - Infallibility Series, Pt. 3

The Pope They Called a Heretic (Honorius I) - Infallibility Series, Pt. 3

Wait, a pope was actually condemned as a heretic by an ecumenical council of the Church? Sounds like the jig is up – pap... Read more

12 May 2018

12mins

Ranked #6

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The Pope Who Built the Wall (St. Leo IV)

The Pope Who Built the Wall (St. Leo IV)

A worker of miracles, a battler of barbarians, and someone described as a man who lived to perfection the saying “pray a... Read more

9 Jan 2019

18mins

Ranked #7

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The Pope Who Canceled the Jesuits (Pope Clement XIV)

The Pope Who Canceled the Jesuits (Pope Clement XIV)

Our pontiff this week did one of the most infamous deeds in all of papal history. It was so memorable that no pope since... Read more

13 Jan 2020

16mins

Ranked #8

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The Pope Who Made Christmas Official (St. Julius I)

The Pope Who Made Christmas Official (St. Julius I)

It’s a Popecast Christmas episode this week. Not only did this guy take his turn at fighting off the heresy that had inf... Read more

19 Dec 2019

16mins

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The First Pope to Not Be a Saint (Liberius) - Infallibility Series, Pt. 1

The First Pope to Not Be a Saint (Liberius) - Infallibility Series, Pt. 1

How would you like to be the first pope to not be named a saint? First in 350 years and the only non-saint pope in 5 cen... Read more

22 Mar 2018

13mins

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The Second Dominican Pope (Blessed Benedict XI)

The Second Dominican Pope (Blessed Benedict XI)

Our pope this week is in elite company in more ways than one – he was holy when sanctity was severely lacking in the hal... Read more

14 Oct 2020

11mins

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Two MORE Papal Difficulties (Interview on the Classical Theism Podcast)

Two MORE Papal Difficulties (Interview on the Classical Theism Podcast)

We were featured once more as a guest on the Classical Theism Podcast (see Episode #37 for our first appearance), this t... Read more

27 May 2020

33mins

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PART THREE - The Pope Who Destroyed Communism (Pope St. John Paul II)

PART THREE - The Pope Who Destroyed Communism (Pope St. John Paul II)

The third and final installment of our series on one of the greatest popes in history. He was the first non-Italian pop... Read more

19 May 2020

23mins

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BONUS: Letter of Pope Benedict XVI for the 100th Birthday of Pope St. John Paul II

BONUS: Letter of Pope Benedict XVI for the 100th Birthday of Pope St. John Paul II

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Pope St. John Paul II (May 18), Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI wrote a le... Read more

16 May 2020

12mins

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PART TWO – The Pope Who Destroyed Communism (Pope St. John Paul II)

PART TWO – The Pope Who Destroyed Communism (Pope St. John Paul II)

The series so many listeners to The Popecast have been asking about and waiting for is back for Part Two. Our pope this ... Read more

1 May 2020

23mins

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PART ONE – The Pope Who Destroyed Communism (Pope St. John Paul II)

PART ONE – The Pope Who Destroyed Communism (Pope St. John Paul II)

It’s finally here. The episode so many of you have all been waiting for. And this is just part one… Our pope this week i... Read more

23 Feb 2020

19mins

Ranked #16

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The Pope Who Didn't Back Down (St. Sixtus II)

The Pope Who Didn't Back Down (St. Sixtus II)

Our pope this week is one of the greatest heroes of the ancient Church that you’ve never heard of. Well, at least, not u... Read more

7 Feb 2020

14mins

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Answering Two Papal Objections (Interview on the Classical Theism podcast)

Answering Two Papal Objections (Interview on the Classical Theism podcast)

Our episode this week is an interview we did with John DeRosa of the Classical Theism podcast, a show that’s all about d... Read more

29 Jan 2020

33mins

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EXTRA: Pope Francis' Apostolic Letter on the Nativity Scene

EXTRA: Pope Francis' Apostolic Letter on the Nativity Scene

A free audio version of Pope Francis' Apostolic Letter_ Admirabile Signum _, defending and encouraging the use of the Na... Read more

2 Dec 2019

18mins

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The (Bad) Pope Caught in Bed With Another Man's Wife (Pope John XII)

The (Bad) Pope Caught in Bed With Another Man's Wife (Pope John XII)

Our pope this week – one of the notorious so-called Bad Popes – was what the kids might call “a player”. A man of loose ... Read more

20 Nov 2019

17mins

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The Lesser-Known Defender of Rome (St. Gelasius I)

The Lesser-Known Defender of Rome (St. Gelasius I)

We’re back this week with an episode on a pope who was equal parts lion and lamb. His blunt writing on papal authority w... Read more

30 Oct 2019

13mins

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