Show Notes
This week's episode is a very special one indeed. Our pope today needs no introduction, being one of the finest men to ever grace the Chair of St. Peter, but he does need a long episode to tell the whole tale of his long and eventful life. October 22 – the day that this episode is being released – is this man’s feast day and the anniversary of the 1978 inauguration of his papacy, so raise a glass (or a pierogi) for one of the greatest of all pontiffs.
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We're joined this week by Isaac Smith, Director of Amici Vaticani, a non-profit cultural association that's designing and commissioning a custom papal tiara for our first American pontiff, Pope Leo XIV. Click here to learn more and donate to the project: https://www.amicivaticani.org/donate ------Where to find The Popecast: SUPPORT + NEWSLETTER: https://popes.substack.com YOUTUBE: @therealpopecast FB / Twitter / Instagram: @thepopecast EMAIL: [email protected] --POPECAST MERCH: https://the-popecast-store.creator-spring.com
Enough with the AI audio versions of the pope's new encyclical. Those all seemed to rather largely miss the point, so here's a fully human read-through of Pope Leo XIV's brand new encyclical on artificial intelligence, human dignity, integral human development, and so much more. -- READ THE DOCUMENT FOR FREE: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html -- Where to find The Popecast: SUPPORT + NEWSLETTER: https://popes.substack.com YOUTUBE: @therealpopecast FB / Twitter / Instagram: @thepopecast EMAIL: [email protected] -- POPECAST MERCH: https://the-popecast-store.creator-spring.com
Katie McGrady – an author, podcaster, radio host, and Vatican Analyst for CNN – joins the show once again, this time to unpack Pope Leo XIV's new encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas. We get into everything from The Masters to the pontiff quoting Gandalf...maybe as a result of seeing a Katie's tweet? READ THE DOCUMENT: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.htmlFollow Katie: - Ave Explores Podcast: https://aveexplores.fireside.fm - Twitter/X: https://x.com/KatiePMcGrady - Substack: https://katieprejeanmcgrady.substack.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katiepmcgrady -- Where to find The Popecast: SUPPORT + NEWSLETTER: https://popes.substack.comYOUTUBE: @therealpopecast FB / Twitter / Instagram: @thepopecastEMAIL: [email protected] MERCH: https://the-popecast-store.creator-spring.com
Jonathan Liedl, Managing Editor of the National Catholic Register, joins the show to talk about his on-location documentary about how Pope Leo XIV's nearly two decades in Peru shaped his priesthood, and now his papacy. WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY: https://youtu.be/ziN1QrXh5vs?si=9zKoxhTHzOT_eXGM Follow Jonathan: https://x.com/JLLiedl -- Where to find The Popecast: SUPPORT + NEWSLETTER: https://popes.substack.com YOUTUBE: @therealpopecast FB / Twitter / Instagram: @thepopecast EMAIL: [email protected] -- POPECAST MERCH: https://the-popecast-store.creator-spring.com
On his first anniversary, a reflection on Pope Leo XIV's election as Bishop of Rome. Where were you on that day? What do you remember? -- Where to find The Popecast: SUPPORT + NEWSLETTER: https://popes.substack.com YOUTUBE: @therealpopecast FB / Twitter / Instagram: @thepopecast EMAIL: [email protected] -- POPECAST MERCH: https://the-popecast-store.creator-spring.com