Episodes

  • Daily Conclave Update - Black Smoke Signals No Decision

    Daily Conclave Update - Black Smoke Signals No Decision
    May 8 2025
    The Cardinals gather for a second day of voting in the Sistine Chapel, with five inconclusive ballots so far. Learn about the historical timeline of papal elections, tensions within the Church, the popular Fantapapa prediction game, and why some are connecting this conclave to an ancient apocalyptic prophecy.

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    8 mins
  • Daily Conclave Update - The Conclave Begins! Security, Dossiers and Protocol updates

    Daily Conclave Update - The Conclave Begins! Security, Dossiers and Protocol updates
    May 7 2025
    As The Conclave begins, some security measures are under way, and the Cardinals are given dossiers on the candidates.

    We take a look at the updated betting odds

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    11 mins
  • Daily Conclave Update - The Bettong Odds on the next Pope

    Daily Conclave Update - The Bettong Odds on the next Pope
    May 6 2025
    You can wager on everything, including who might be the next Pope. We take a look at the odds.

    Also, the Popemobile finds a new purpose.


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    12 mins
  • Daily Update: Pope Francis and money

    Daily Update: Pope Francis and money
    May 4 2025
    When asked to support prison ministry initiatives financially, even as Vatican resources dwindled, Francis did not hesitate to use his personal savings. "Don't worry, I have something in my account," he told Ambarus, before transferring 200,000 euros for the needs of the incarcerated—money he might have kept for his own use in his final days.

    A poignant detail revealed after his death showed that Francis' burial would be paid for by a benefactor. Having given everything to others, he left no money behind in a final demonstration of solidarity with the poor and marginalized.



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    7 mins
  • 17. Heaven On Hold

    17. Heaven On Hold
    May 4 2025
    Inside the Vatican, thousands of sainthood causes languish in limbo - not rejected, but deliberately delayed. This episode investigates the most contested candidates awaiting judgment, from wartime Pope Pius XII and his disputed Holocaust record to American media pioneer Archbishop Fulton Sheen and radical social activist Dorothy Day. We reveal the power struggles that determine which causes advance and which wait for a more favorable moment, examining how the Church navigates historical reassessment, internal politics, and external pressure when deciding whose virtue deserves official recognition.

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    33 mins
  • Daily Update: Are we in for a long Conclave?

    Daily Update: Are we in for a long Conclave?
    May 3 2025
    Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne, Germany, expects the upcoming papal conclave to last longer than the relatively brief gathering that elected Pope Francis in 2013, the German prelate revealed Tuesday in Rome.

    "I hope for a short conclave, but I believe everything is possible," Woelki told EWTN Germany. "I expect it won't go as quickly as the last conclave. But maybe I'll be proven wrong. I would be happy about that."

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    8 mins
  • Daily Update: Martin Scorcese to share Pope Francis' last in-depth interview

    Daily Update: Martin Scorcese to share Pope Francis' last in-depth interview
    May 2 2025
    Martin Scorsese has made a documentary with the late Pope Francis that will feature conversations between the pontiff and Scorsese, including what the film-makers say was the pope's final in-depth on-camera interview.

    Aldeas – A New Story will detail the work of Scholas Occurrentes, a non-profit, international organisation founded by the pope in 2013 to promote what it termed "Culture of Encounter" among youth.

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    7 mins
  • DAILY UPDATE: Pope Francis' understated style

    DAILY UPDATE: Pope Francis' understated style
    May 1 2025
    Francis not only dressed modestly but actively de-emphasized traditional clerical attire, reportedly teasing one overdressed cardinal by asking if he had "come dressed for a wedding." He sometimes referenced certain styles in his homilies, describing long black cassocks and wide-brimmed saturno hats as symbols of "traditionalism and rigidity" within the church. His everyday accessories included a Swatch watch or a Casio timepiece that retailed for just twenty-three dollars, and he made headlines by personally visiting a Roman pharmacy to purchase orthopedic shoes, eschewing the traditional red papal footwear.
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    10 mins