This time around we’re doing a little something different – a topic that’s more foundational to the very papacy itself – to celebrate the 50th episode of The Popecast. It's the only truly secret meeting left on the planet. Where all the red hats gather for a Catholic cage match, and the world waits, holding its breath, for that fateful white smoke.
IN THIS EPISODE
00:16 - Catholic Balm Co (Sponsor) – Enter the keyword POPE at catholicbalm.co
03:03 - Defining key terms
06:31 - History of papal elections
11:32 - What happens when the pope dies / resigns?
17:13 - Papal election fun facts
19:06 - Excerpt from Pope St. John Paul II
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Support The Popecast: A History of the Papacy
The Pope Who Won a Contested Election (Pope St. Cornelius)
The Last Pope to Write about Witches (Pope Gregory XV)
The Second Dominican Pope (Blessed Benedict XI)
The OTHER Saint Paul (Pope St. Paul I)
The Other OTHER Saint John (Pope St. John I)
The Pope After Peter (St. Linus)
Pope Peter: An Interview w/ Author Joe Heschmeyer
The Pope Who Baptized Coffee (Clement VIII)
The Pope Who Wrote a Romance Novel (Pius II)
The Pope Who Canceled Rome (Adrian IV)
The Eleventh Pope (St. Anicetus)
The Pope Who Fought the Destruction of Statues (St. Gregory II)
The Pope Who Thought He Was Too Old (Pope Clement X)
The Pope Who Said Putting a Corpse on Trial is Bad (Pope John IX)
Two MORE Papal Difficulties (Interview on the Classical Theism Podcast)
PART THREE - The Pope Who Destroyed Communism (Pope St. John Paul II)
PART TWO – The Pope Who Destroyed Communism (Pope St. John Paul II)
PART ONE – The Pope Who Destroyed Communism (Pope St. John Paul II)
The Pope Who Didn't Back Down (St. Sixtus II)
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