IMAGE CREDIT Claude Truong-Ngoc / Wikimedia Commons - cc-by-sa-3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons LINKS Vatican bio of Cardinal Kurt KOCH: https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_koch_k.html Kurt KOCH on FIU's Cardinals Database (by Salvador Miranda): https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios2010.ht…

IMAGE CREDIT Marinha do Brasil, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons LINKSVatican bio of Cardinal Orani João TEMPESTA: https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_tempesta_oj.html Orani João TEMPESTA on FIU's Cardinals Database (by Salvador Miranda): https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios2014.htm#Tempesta C…

IMAGE CREDIT Yohanes Kwirinus Steviean, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons LINKS Vatican bio of Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo HARDJOATMODJO: https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_suharyohardjomatmodjo_i.html Ignatius Suharyo HARDJOATMODJO on FIU's Cardinals Database (by Salvador Miranda): https:…

Check out Tsar Power: https://tsarpowerpod.weebly.com/ Cardinal Marengo's episode: https://popeularhistory.podbean.com/e/cardinal-marengo/ Cardinal Krajewski's episode: https://popeularhistory.podbean.com/e/cardinal-konrad-krajewski-elevated-2018/ First Judgment with Tsar Power: https://popeularhistory.podbean.com/e/the-first-judgment-i/ IMAGE CRED…

https://soyouthinkyoucanrulepersia.wordpress.com/By Gregg Gassman

IMAGE CREDIT: Peciul, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons LINKS: Vatican bio of Cardinal Oscar CANTONI: https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_cantoni_o.html Oscar CANTONI on FIU's Cardinals Database (by Salvador Miranda): https://cardinals.fiu.…

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: By Pufui Pc Pifpef I - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31309211 via Wikipedia LINKS Vatican bio of Cardinal Raymond Leo BURKE https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_burke_rl.html Raymond Leo BURKE on FIU's Cardinals Database (by Salvad…

IMAGE CREDIT MEDEF, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons LINKS Vatican bio of Cardinal Philippe BARBARIN: https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_barbarin_p.html Philippe BARBARIN on FIU's Cardinals Database (by Salvador Miranda): https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios2003.htm#Barbarin Cardinal Philippe…

IMAGE CREDIT Elza Fiúza/Abr, CC BY 3.0 BR, via Wikimedia Commons LINKS Vatican bio of Cardinal Leonardo Ulrich STEINER: https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_steiner_l.html Leonardo Ulrich STEINER on FIU's Cardinals Database (by Salvador Miranda): https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios2022.htm#Steine…

Including the future of Cardinal Numbers (hint: it's not changing)By Gregg Gassman

Not a spelling mistake, a pun. I do those. Search up "dubia letter" if you're scrathing your head over the title. LINKS Catholic Herald coverage of Cardinal Müller’s church split comments: https://thecatholicherald.com/cardinal-muller-warns-church-risks-split-if-orthodox-pope-not-chosen/ Apostolic Constitution Romano Pontifici Eligendo (1975): http…

Bonus facts to make up for the earlier error: when the 1378 conclave rolled around, it had been 74 years since a Papal conclave taken place in Rome. Many of the participating Cardinals hadn't been born yet, with the only reasonably confirmed exception being the aged Pierre Flandrin, who had been a toddler. Testament of the Holy Father Francis: http…

Apologies for getting ahead of things, but this is something I have ready, which really helps it jump ahead in line. Plus I want you to know how to join in Adopt-A-Cardinal fun, starting on Saturday! Thanks to Bry and Fry from Pontifacts for joining me to talk about about 135+ cardinals all at once!By Gregg Gassman

Spoiler alert: the new name is “Popeular History: A Catholic History of the World”. So not much different. Unless you’re a search engine. Are you a search engine? Also yeah, I said history twice. I like history. TRANSCRIPT Welcome to Popeular History: History through Pope-Colored Glasses. Or perhaps I should say “welcome to Popeular History: A Cath…

TRANSCRIPT Welcome to Popeular History, History through Pope-colored glasses. My name is Gregg. As you know, Pope Francis passed away yesterday, and the Catholic Church is in a period of transition. I spoke about my podcast plans for the present sede vacante yesterday, so if you want more on that look there. Today I’d like to talk a bit about Pope …

THANKS Thanks to all you listeners, and to those who have supported me through the years and especially through this most recent hiatus. Also thanks to Marco of the Storia d’Italia podcast (https://italiastoria.com/) for giving authenticity to the Italian quote–which, incidentally, I believe I mistranslated somewhat: It’s normally rendered as “when…

Not gonna transcript this, but bottom line enjoy your Easter when it comes, hiatus is continuing, current target for getting back to regular schedule is 6/29/25 (5th anniversary of the show). There will still be some new collab stuff coming out including a special on the fascinating 1769 conclave where the Holy Roman Emperor showed up in person whi…

Reminder that I will be speaking in multiple settings at the online Intelligent Speech conference this Saturday, Feb 8th. Get your tickets at intelligentspeechonline.com and use the promo code Popeular for a special discount. See you there!By Gregg Gassman

Hello everyone, As you know if you catch my personal updates, and apparently you do because you're listening to one now, I got a new job recently. And it's been amazing I'm finally putting my library degree to use in the service of my hometown. I run mobile operations, so I schedule the bookmobile- or rather, I schedule the Mobile Library, since Ma…

IMAGE Romanuspontifex, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons LINKS Luis Gerardo CABRERA HERRERA on Catholic-Hierarchy.org: https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcahe.html Luis Gerardo CABRERA HERRERA on Gcatholic.org: https://gcatholic.org/p/24679 2009 Vatican Biographical Summary of Luis Gerardo CA…

IMAGE Vida Católica Mundial, CC BY 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons LINKS Vicente BOKALIC IGLIC on Catholic-Hierarchy.org: https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbokalic.html Vicente BOKALIC IGLIC on Gcatholic.org: https://gcatholic.org/p/33395 2010 Vatican Biographical Summary of Vicente BOKALIC IGLIC (I…

IMAGE Uriel jesusfb, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons LINKS Carlos Gustavo CASTILLO MATTASOGLIO on Catholic-Hierarchy.org: https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcasmat.html Carlos CASTILLO MATTASOGLIO on Gcatholic.org: https://gcatholic.org/p/62393 2019 Official Biographical Summary of Carlos…

IMAGE James Bradley, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons LINKS Angelo ACERBI on Catholic-Hierarchy.org https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bacerbi.html Angelo ACERBI on Gcatholic.org https://gcatholic.org/p/6760 2024 Aleteia profile of Cardinal-Elect ACERBI https://aleteia.org/2024/10/09/oldest-cardi…

LINKS Vatican News coverage of announcement: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-10/pope-francis-announces-consistory-for-creation-of-new-cardinals.html Crux coverage of the announcement: https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2024/10/pope-gives-nods-to-peripheries-and-pals-in-naming-21-new-cardinals TRANSCRIPT Hey folks it’s Gregg, bringing some Car…

Quinn is from Nobelesse Oblige! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nobelesse-oblige/id1637021887 I mentioned Pope Predictor on X (formerly Twitter) https://x.com/pope_predictor?lang=en Links to the relevant episodes: AVELINE (7/5/24) LANGLOIS (7/12/24) KAMBANDA (7/19/24) HÖLLERICH (7/26/24) LACROIX (8/3/24) GOH SENG CHYE (8/10/24) TAGLE (8/17/24…

LINKS Intelligent Speech Conference (code POPEULAR): www.intelligentspeechonline.com The Holy Org Chart: https://podcastaddict.com/the-popeular-history-podcast/episode/168461488 History in the Bible books link (they’re all out now!): https://www.historyinthebible.com/books.html Catchism: https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM TRANSCRIPT …

An unscripted personal update, and then a quick chat about two Cardinals whose discussion is overdue. Who will advance?: Cardinal STURLA episode (10/4/2023): https://popeularhistory.podbean.com/e/daniel-fernando-cardinal-sturla-berhout-daniel-sturla-sdb/ Cardinal CLEEMIS (Thottumkal) episode (10/8/2023) https://popeularhistory.podbean.com/e/isaac-c…

IMAGE Servus Tuus, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons LINKS Bell sound: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/church-bells-17005/ USCCB Angelus prayer link: https://www.usccb.org/prayers/angelus Latin text is the Vulgate of John 1:1-14: https://web.archive.org/web/20090201105716/http://la.wikisource.org…

IMAGE DESCRIPTION Oxyrhynchus Papyrus fragment with text of John 6:8-12. 3rd century. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:POxy1596-III.jpg LINKS Words of Jesus ("All the Red Letter Scriptures"): https://www.jesusbelieverjd.com/all-the-red-letter-scriptures-of-jesus-in-the-bible-kjv/ Parallel Passages in the…

IMAGE DESCRIPTION AND CREDIT: Claude Truong-Ngoc / Wikimedia Commons - cc-by-sa-4.0, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons LINKS St Peter’s Colonnade Statues: https://stpetersbasilica.info/Exterior/Colonnades/Saints-List-Colonnades.htm Vatican bio of Cardinal Parolin: https://press.vatican.va/content/s…

IMAGE CREDIT: Quirinale.it, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons LINKS St Peter’s Colonnade Statues: https://stpetersbasilica.info/Exterior/Colonnades/Saints-List-Colonnades.htm Vatican bio of Cardinal Zuppi: https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_zuppi_mm.html Matteo Maria Zuppi on FIU's Cardin…

IMAGE DESCRIPTION By Reiner Diart - https://bilder.erzbistum-koeln.de/Erzbischof-Rainer-Maria-Kardinal-Woelki/Kardinal_Woelki_RGB_14 , CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=83254136 LINKS Vatican bio of Cardinal Woelki: https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_woelki_rm.h…

IMAGE DESCRIPTION Jeromeenriquez, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons LINKS Vatican bio of Cardinal Ribat: https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_ribat_j.html John Ribat on FIU's Cardinals Database (by Salvadore Miranda): https://cardinals.fiu.e…

IMAGE CREDIT: Diocese of Gozo, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons LINKS Vatican bio of Cardinal Grech: https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_grech_m.html Mario Grech on FIU's Cardinals Database (by Salvadore Miranda): https://cardinals.fiu.edu…

IMAGE CREDIT AND DESCRIPTION: Perrant, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Archbishop of Manila, during the display of St. Caesarius's relics at Manila Cathedral. Image digitally brightened (and cropped, but all the images I use are cropped, so take that for granted). LIN…

IMAGE Archcomms, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons LINKS Vatican bio of Cardinal Goh https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_goh_w.html William Goh Seng Chye on FIU's Cardinals Database (by Salvadore Miranda): https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios2022…

LINKS Vatican bio of Cardinal Lacroix https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_lacroix_gc.html Gérald Cyprien Lacroix on FIU's Cardinals Database (by Salvadore Miranda): https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios2014.htm#Lacroix Cardinal Lacroix on Gcatholic.org: http://www.gcatholic.org/p/24599 Cardinal La…

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Saint Luke the Evangelist. Russian Eastern Orthodox icon from Russia. 18th century. Wood, tempera. Via Wikimedia Commons. https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/ultraviolet-light-reveals-scientists-hidden-bible-passage-1500-years-later (for Luke) Unique passages: https://www.julianspriggs.co.uk/pages/UniquePassages Thanks Biblehub.com…

IMAGE CREDIT: Photo : Guy Wolff / Église catholique à Luxembourg LINKS Vatican bio of Cardinal Höllerich https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_hollerich_jc.html Jean Claude Höllerich on FIU's Cardinals Database (by Salvadore Miranda): https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios2019.htm#Hollerich Cardinal …

LINKS Vatican bio of Cardinal Kambanda https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_kambanda_a.html Aontoine Kambanda on FIU's Cardinals Database (by Salvadore Miranda): https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios2020.htm#Kambanda Cardinal Kambanda on Gcatholic.org: http://www.gcatholic.org/p/52193 Cardinal Kamb…

LINKS Vatican bio of Cardinal Langlois https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_langlois_c.html Chibly Langolis on FIU's Cardinals Database (by Salvadore Miranda): https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios2014.htm#Langlois Cardinal Langlois on Gcatholic.org: http://www.gcatholic.org/p/2868 Cardinal Langloi…

LINKS Vatican bio of Cardinal Aveline https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_aveline_jm.html Jean-Marc Noël Aveline on FIU's Cardinals Database (by Salvadore Miranda): https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios2022.htm#Aveline Cardinal Aveline on Gcatholic.org: http://www.gcatholic.org/p/55034 Cardinal Av…

https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/ultraviolet-light-reveals-scientists-hidden-bible-passage-1500-years-later (for Luke) Unique passages: https://www.julianspriggs.co.uk/pages/UniquePassages Bibleref.com commentary on Mark 6:5: https://www.bibleref.com/Mark/6/Mark-6-5.html Thanks Biblehub.com's parallel chapters tool. Words of Jesus ("All the Red Le…

TRANSCRIPT Good evening, Happy Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, and welcome back to Popeular History! That’s right, we’re officially off hiatus, starting next week you can expect a short Cardinal Numbers episode every Saturday and a longer Popeular History worldbuilding episode every month. As I continue to get a feel for the rhythms of family life …

FUNDRAISING LINK: www.Patreon.com/popeular TRANSCRIPT Hello everyone, Welcome to Popeular History, or to Cardinal Numbers, whichever feed you happen to be listening to! The good news, as you can infer from that first sentence, is the separate feed for Cardinal Numbers is back live well ahead of schedule! The bad news is it's because I forgot I had …

+This episode is dedicated to the memory of Robin Beasley. Lux aeternum. TRANSCRIPT This month is always interesting, because while roughly half of my friends are celebrating Pride, another rough half is pointing out that June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart. Two different audiences. I usually keep both in mind, but for this special chat I'm split…

Catherine had her First Communion earlier this month, and has had many communions since. Here are her thoughts on this important matter.By Gregg Gassman

Acts Timeline https://www.2belikechrist.com/articles/timeline-of-the-book-of-acts Philip's unmarried daughters Acts 21:8-9 Philip the Deacon reflection w/Same As Apostle Arguments http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/264.html Hermione, Eutychis, Irais, and Chariline https://www.markcarlson-ghost.com/index.php/2016/09/17/philips-daughters-prophe…

Acts Timeline https://www.2belikechrist.com/articles/timeline-of-the-book-of-acts Acts 8:9-25 Good evening everyone, Just a quick update, the next couple episodes will be the next few promised installments in the big timeline project, episodes of which are now marked with a latin cross at the beginning of the episode name to make them easily identi…

I chat with my daughter Catherine, who's 8 today. Happy birthday! This conversation was recorded on January 7th, the Feast of the Epiphany (observed). (No transcripts currently available for interviews as they are not pre-scripted. One day I hope to have interview transcripts for accessibility as well, if you would like to help make that happen let…