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6d ago
Major backlash following Pope’s Ukraine comment
In this episode:Major backlash following Pope’s Ukraine commentPope bounces back after bronchitis Coptic Church cutting ties with Vatican over gay blessings?Pope visits controversial Belgian bishop11 years of Pope FrancisSupport the show
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6d ago
Major backlash following Pope’s Ukraine comment
In this episode:Major backlash following Pope’s Ukraine commentPope bounces back after bronchitis Coptic Church cutting ties with Vatican over gay blessings?Pope visits controversial Belgian bishop11 years of Pope FrancisSupport the show
Mar 5 2024
Pope takes a swipe at gender theory
In this episode:Is the Pope bouncing back?Anonymous Cardinal attacks Francis papacyIs a stay-at-home Pope realistic?Pope takes a swipe at gender theorySecularism: friend or foe?Support the show
Feb 27 2024
Pope’s reform running off the rails?
In this episode:2 years of war: can Vatican offer hope? Pope’s latest health scare reason for alarm?Rupnik’s accusers criticize Pope’s ‘reformed’ systemVatican forced to intervene with German bishops Is Mafia making moves on Italian priests?Support the show
Feb 13 2024
Vatican target of organized crime?
In this episode:Pope’s letter to Jews received with silence?Historic meeting: Pope and Argentine Pres. MileiRemembering a forgotten WWII tragedyVatican target of organized crime?Ercolina II makes appearance at Pope’s addressSupport the show
Feb 6 2024
Vatican cracks down on liturgical abuse
In this episode:Vatican cracks down on liturgical abuseJewish community unhappy with Pope’s letterCould the next Pope come from Congo?Vatican shirking responsibility for ‘vulnerable adults’?‘Vatican Girl’: brother supplies ‘new’ evidenceSupport the show
Jan 30 2024
ISIS opens fire on Christians in Turkish church
In this episode:Did Pope just escalate debates on Fiducia Supplicans?Chief Rabbi disappointed by Vatican’s handling of GazaVatican court’s first conviction for sexual abuseISIS opens fire on Christians in Turkish churchSupport the show
Jan 16 2024
African bishops challenge Pope Francis
In this episode:African bishops challenge Pope FrancisParliamentary inquest into ‘Vatican Girl’Pope in the polls: what does America think?Pope on resigning and future travelsSupport the show
Jan 10 2024
Holy Office approved blessing same-sex unions?
In this episode:Holy Office approved blessing same-sex unions?God and orgasms: a book written by Cardinal FernandezPope calls for global ban on surrogacyMusings on Pope’s trip to MongoliaSupport the show
Dec 19 2023
Cardinal adviser to Pope convicted of financial crime
In this episode:Cardinal adviser of Pope convicted of financial crimeDid Israel attack only Catholic parish in Gaza?Pope chooses burial site: not the VaticanSupport the show
Dec 12 2023
Pope changing conclave rules?
In this episode:Pope saving strength for Christmas calendarPope changing conclave rules?End of Vatican trial: all eyes on Cardinal BecciuPope to visit Milei's Argentina?Michael Voris of Church Militant resignsSupport the show
Dec 5 2023
Pope moves on Cardinal Burke
In this episode:Bronchitis keeping Pope downPope moves on Cardinal BurkeGerman Synodal Way: Pope speaks outCOP28: is climate change a religious problem?NGO scandal: dangerous friends of the PopeSupport the show
Nov 28 2023
Impossible to ignore Pope’s growing Jewish problem
In this episode:Pope has inflammation in his lungImpossible to ignore Pope’s growing Jewish problemItalian femicide epidemic: where’s the Vatican?Pentecostal explosion: African bishops are concernedWill Pope’s strength return before COP28?Support the show
Nov 21 2023
Masons: Vatican holds ground on ban for Catholics
In this episode:Anti-Pope Milei now President of ArgentinaMasons: Vatican holds ground on ban for CatholicsIsrael-Palestine: Pope to meet victimsVatican trial wrap-up: verdict in December? Rumors abound about Pope Francis pontificateSupport the show
Nov 14 2023
Transsexuals: Pope responds to dubia
In this episode:Transsexuals: Pope responds to dubiaBishop Strickland of Texas fired by the PopeIs Pope Francis above the law?Did the Vatican cover up the first video of a pope?Support the show
Nov 7 2023
Pope strategically dodging tough media questions?
In this episode:Pope strategically dodging tough media questions?COP28 destined for failure despite Pope's attendance?Iran keeping an open line to the VaticanItaly cracks down on tax evasion for Vatican citizens Support the show
Nov 1 2023
Rupnik: Pope lifts statute of limitations
In this episode:Rupnik: Pope lifts statute of limitationsPope’s Synod: what was the point?Chief Rabbi cautions PopeChurch more welcoming than people thinkSupport the show
Oct 24 2023
Argentina’s anti-Pope candidate: Javier Milei
In this episode:Synodality: will it die with Pope Francis?Pope calls Biden: Stop WW3‘Trial of the Century’: Vatican seeking scapegoats?Argentina’s anti-Pope candidate: Javier MileiSupport the show
Oct 17 2023
Israel wants Pope to condemn Hamas
In this episode:Israel wants Pope to condemn Hamas Synod on Synodality: where is it taking us?‘Trial of the Century’: the limits of Vatican lawSupport the show
Oct 10 2023
Israel issues strong warning to Pope
In this episode:Israel issues strong warning to PopeSecret Synod: Pope muzzling participants?Priest shortage gets worse in Africa‘Trial of the Century’: coming to a close?Support the show
Oct 4 2023
Cardinals pose dubia to Pope Francis
In this episode:Cardinals pose dubia to Pope FrancisPope Francis’s Synod of SecrecyAbuse commission blasts Pope’s VaticanVatican demands $700mil. from corrupt bureaucratsWill Pope’s new exhortation make waves at COP28?Support the show