And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

Much of this week will be dedicated to catching up on a number of things, including sleep debt. But don't worry, I'm already working on a fairly lengthy admin update episode, since I know you guys love those!

Happy 100 to me! This is a special episode where I discuss Catholicism with Gregg from the @popeular.bsky.social. Fun Fact: This episode was recorded during the sede vacante between the death of Francis and the election of Leo XIV. wittenbergtowestphaliapodcast.weebly.com/blog/episode...

In part 2 of my discussion with Gregg, we examine the concept of Papal supremacy in the middle ages based on the evidence already discussed in the show, and how the modern Church might feel about it in terms of later doctrinal developments. wittenbergtowestphaliapodcast.weebly.com/blog/episode...

Bry was already on the radio about the new pope!

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. PLEASE ENJOY AND SHARE THANKS!

HABEMUS PAPAM!

We wil be livestreaming #smokewatch in just a few minutes. White smoke is *not* anticipated but boy would we feel silly if it happened and we weren't rolling. There will be no black smoke expected in this time window, as they burn the morning ballots together unless there's no second ballot...

Pontifacts and Popeular History WILL be hosting livestream coverage of the upcoming Conclave, May 7th: www.youtube.com/live/cg3OOVQ... Gregg will be the main host, as he is off work, Bry and Fry will appear as they are available, along with special guests for the 'Smoke watch'!

CONCLAVE LIVESTREAM! All times are ROME TIME! Guest host spots and more: tinyurl.com/4wjh99p8 LIVESTREAM: www.youtube.com/live/cg3OOVQ... 5/7 10a: Opening Mass 5/7 4p: Process in 5/7 7p: SmokeWatch #1 5/8 11a: SW2 5/8 7p: SW3 5/9 11a: SW4 5/9 7p: SW5 5/11 11a: SW6 5/11 7p: SW7 AGAIN: ROME TIME!!!

With Trump's self-insert, I now consider Cardinal Zuppi the most likely Papabili, with Tagle a close second.

I should probably get away from using my personal Facebook as my primary social media outlet for thr show. Should I do Bluesky?

Saint Peter's was launched in Minecraft like 5 seconds ago and it's already gotten a griefer IRL.

Having appointed 110 of the 138 Cardinal-Electors, it's not a question of whether Pope Francis will leave his mark on the Papacy. It's a question of how dark the ink will be.

Ok, Popeular History is on hiatus until I can figure out how work/life balance works with my new work/life. All good things, it's just my time off used to largely be when the kids were busy at school or whatever and now that I can have more family time I'm going to sieze that.

Due to a number of factors, the release schedule for Popeular History and Cardinal Numbers is going to be quite fuzzy until Spring when we can properly kick the kids out to go play outside again. I will get you as many of the new Cardinals as I can before the 12/7 consistory.

With Election Day coming up in the US, here is a link to the USCCB's voter's guide. It talks through a number of things to consider at length without endorsing any particular candidates. www.usccb.org/issues-and-a...

Cold's been hitting me pretty good this week so Cardinal Numbers is postponed, plan is a twofer next Sunday. Theoretically hoping to get a backlog built up to avoid such turns of fate in the next few monthy, but then again I've been trying for a podcast backlog for four years, so...

Episode planned for November is looking like first half of December. I'm already on hiatus so this is par for the course and I don't want to clutter my feed with putting a notice out in bad quality audio form like I used to, but I figured I could go ahead and send this message out across channels.

I don't know what the Synod will bring, but I know I will remain in communion with the Pope. Not a hard call, that.

Today's episode may be delayed due to me losing track of my day job work schedule. Oops! It will be out within the next 12 hours.

https://www.podbean.com/ep/pb-jpik2-148bfb9 Eight cardinals are discussed. Two are declared Eminent. Six are excremmunicated.

The main narrative starts tomorrow! FYI if I ever have an episode hit 10,000 downloads I'll create a Latin-language version of it. Popeularhistory.com for more