Introducing the miraculous life of Pope Leo IX! pontifacts.podbean.com/e/bonus-the-...

Today Pope Leo XIV celebrates his 70th birthday, and his first birthday as pope! It is ALSO Deacon Dad's birthday! Happy happy birthday to two very Catholic men inspiring this podcast!

Introducing Pope Leo IX, the Battley Pilgrim Pope! pontifacts.podbean.com/e/154-leo-ix/

Thanks to some miracle working all around (My voice coming back, Gregg speed editing, and Fry QC'ing), tomorrow's episode will amazingly come out ON TIME! This is an even greater feat when you consider this episode was a strong contender for longest episode ever (and lost by only 9 mins!)

Update: my voice came back JUST enough to record the last hour of Leo! It's gone now, but the file is now underway!

Bry has been very sick this week and completely lost her voice. We are halfway through recording the next episode (a MASSIVE ONE), but the second half will have to wait until her voice returns, so it may be delayed to Monday the 15th. Apologies, and thanks for your patience!

This past weekend, Bry was in England for the Rex Factor show and Pontipalooza 2.0: the Rexening! @totalusrankium.bsky.social @rexfactor.bsky.social @rankingpersia.bsky.social (and Grimm Reading and Prime Time!)

We are back!! We proudly present our final episode on Benedict IX, featuring John from Saga Thing! @sagathingpodcast.bsky.social pontifacts.podbean.com/e/crossover-...

Update: Pope Eugene has been haunting us further! Brys new computer is up and operational, but now Frys PC had a heating issue and Gregg's monitor has gone haywire! Fortunately, we have been able to record, and fixes are underway though, so expect our newest episode to drop August 11th!

Update: Bry's PC parts have arrived, and the PC is being constructed. Its going to take a bit of time to get everything set up and recording-functional, but progress is being made, and we will probably only be looking at about a week's delay, hopefully!

Finally that little bastard is dead... here's a meme edit I quickly whipped up.

Unfortunate news- Pope Eugene was indeed up to his old shenanigans, and the laptop is officially dead. A replacement PC is in the works, but this likely means a temporary hiatus while we get the parts. 👻🪦

Introducing, finally, the ranking of Benedict IX! The level of drama is HIGH! pontifacts.podbean.com/e/152-benedi...

So. My (Bry) laptop has abruptly died, and is being diagnosed. Depending on the outcome of this, we may be unexpectedly hiatusing after next week's episode to sort out a replacement.

A #Pontiplex in the making!

Introducing Pope Clement II! pontifacts.podbean.com/e/151-clemen...

In anticipation of our 2026 event, we are working to get our Youtube subscriber account over 100! You can subscribe here, and get ready for exciting announcements coming very soon! www.youtube.com/@Intelligent...

Today's episode IS coming, just a little later than expected!

Inspired by Pope Leo's revival of the Apostolic Palace and Castel Gandolfo, these two locations will kick off my long planned "Papal Spaces" bonus series on Patreon this summer

#POPEWATPope Leo will be spending his summer at Castel Gandolfo www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

We occasionally dive into the Apocrypha and it's a wild ride, so this would be cool to see!

And we are back to our regularly scheduled programming, with Gregory VI! What happens when you buy the papacy from the 'demon from hell' pope?? pontifacts.podbean.com/e/150-gregor...

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Did you know the origin of Friday the 13th's bad luck begins with a Pope? Today, we are sharing our presentation from @intelligentspeech.bsky.social on how a pope's deception and complicity caused many deaths, a curse, and a long standing superstition! pontifacts.podbean.com/e/bonus-frid...

In a bonus release before we get back to regular pope episodes next week, Bry is joined by Dr Barry Torch to go through all of the mottos from the Prophecy of the Popes of Saint Malachy! pontifacts.podbean.com/e/bonus-papa...

And we're back! Get ready for some papal doomsday theories! pontifacts.podbean.com/e/bonus-papa...

Patrons! Our Pontiplex episode on Eurotrip is up now!

A brief update to this: The next episode will be out June 2nd, one week later than initially anticipated, so we can get one more segment properly recorded!

On this day in 1511, Pope Julius II captured Bologna. Check out our episode on “The Agony and the Ecstasy” starring Charlton Heston as Michelangelo and Rex Harrison as Julius II with guest stars @pontifactspod.bsky.social Episode here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

Update: I did not hate it as much as I thought?? But to hear the WHOLE dive and our ranking of Pope Scotty, you'll have to be on Patreon!

Oh, and if you want to know how we are 'celebrating' our anniversary, Fry has finally worn me down, and I have agreed to watch EuroTrip tonight for a Pontiplex Patreon episode... Lord help me. 😭

Also, this was a thread, I want to ensure the thank you gets seen!

Today Pontifacts turns 7!! 🎉 The fact we've been on this wild popey journey for 7 years, with over a million downloads and all the incredible opportunities and connections we have had as a result, is something that would have been impossible to have dreamt of when we first started.

#POPEWATCH: Pope Leo XIV has carried out his inaugural mass, recieved his fisherman's ring, and calls for peace and unity today. www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cn...

Welp, we've seen a lot of them over the last few weeks, and the conclave has been collecting, so we present the POPE MEME THREAD! Feel free to share, or add your own!

What's next? We've been running at full speed for 3 weeks, and now Pontifacts is going to take a small break. Expect our final sede Vacante bonus episode on Papal Doomsday Theories on May 26th, with regular programming resuming in June!

#POPEWATCH: Pope.Leo XIV is expected to move into the Apostolic Palace, unlike Pope Francis who resided at Domus Sanctae Marthae. The Seals of the Apostolic palace, put in place at the time of Francis's death, were broken this morning.

In case you missed him on the livestream, Formosus was very excited to be a part of the conclave!

#POPEWATCH UPDATED Megathread! 📢 🧵 Habemus Papam: Who is Pope Leo XIV? pontifacts.podbean.com/e/habemus-pa... Pope Francis Obituary: pontifacts.podbean.com/e/bonus-pope... Papal Funerals (and how Francis's was different): pontifacts.podbean.com/e/bonus-papa...

HABEMUS PAPAM: Who is Pope Leo XIV? pontifacts.podbean.com/e/habemus-pa...

Thank you so much!

We are about to record "Who is Pope Leo XIV", and in the interim, if you would like to see any of our livestream conclave content, we have made a playlist for ease of access! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Bry was already on the radio about the new pope!

Who is Cardinal Robert Prevost, the newly elected Pope Leo XIV? @pontifactspod.bsky.social's Bry Jensen joined Aaron Rand:

Gregg is beating everyone to the punch, learn more about our new pope here! (We will be doing one in the coming days as well, but he's absolutely worth checking out!)

popeularhistory.podbean.com/e/cardinal-e... THIS IS MY EPISODE ON THE NEW POPE RECORDED JUST PRIOR TO HIS BECOMING A CARDINAL IN 2023. ENJOY!

HABEMUS PAPAM: CARDINAL PREVOST BECOMES POPE LEO XIV! More to come, reacting to this in real time!

WHITE SMOKE!!!

Reminder that we (Bry, Fry and Gregg, in various combinations) will be going live for every smoke watch of the conclave! You can find the lives at our Youtube channel, and can turn on notifications for when we go live! youtube.com/@pontifactsp...

#SMOKEWATCH 2: BLACK