The Rise of the Pope
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Mar 11, 2018
Examining how the papacy and Catholicism, against all odds, spread throughout Europe.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Mar 11, 2018
Examining how the papacy and Catholicism, against all odds, spread throughout Europe.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Mar 18, 2018
Examining the resignations of popes throughout history and the nature of the pope's power.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Mar 25, 2018
The increase of corruption as popes acquired temporal power and political influence.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Apr 1, 2018
The events that led to the splintering of what was once a universal church.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Apr 8, 2018
Examining the pope who bore witness to the Nazi Party's rise and the actions of the Catholic Church during one of the most tumultuous time in modern history.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Apr 15, 2018
Examining Pope John Paul II, the first celebrity pope, and how his reign represents the birth of the papacy as people know it today.