The Popecast: A History of the Papacy

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.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YOUTUBE: @therealpopecast ⁠FB / Twitter / Instagram: ⁠@thepopecastEMAIL: [email protected] 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.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YOUTUBE: @therealpopecast ⁠FB / Twitter / Instagram: ⁠@thepopecast⁠EMAIL: [email protected] 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_eXGMFollow Jonathan: https://x.com/JLLiedl--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

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.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YOUTUBE: @therealpopecast ⁠FB / Twitter / Instagram: ⁠@thepopecast⁠EMAIL: [email protected] MERCH: ⁠https://the-popecast-store.creator-spring.com