The Making of Pope Francis: From Slums to Synods
History of the Papacy Podcast
History of the Papacy
4.4 • 531 Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2025
⏱️ 103 minutes
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Summary
He was the first Jesuit pope. The first from the Americas. And maybe the most surprising conclave choice in modern memory. In this episode, Steve is joined by Greg Gassman of the Popeular History Podcast popeularhistory.com to unpack the remarkable journey of Jorge Mario Bergoglio — Pope Francis. From his early life in Buenos Aires to his unlikely rise to the papacy, we explore the formation of a pontiff who would challenge tradition, embrace the margins, and reshape the tone of the Catholic Church.
What did Francis’ past reveal about the path he would take? And what does it mean for the papacy today?
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Listen now and find out how a priest from Argentina became a global spiritual disruptor.
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| 0:29.6 | and download it today. Welcome back to the history of the papacy podcast, a podcast about the popes of Rome and Christian church. |
| 0:49.4 | Prepare yourself to step behind the ropes and leave the official tour of the story of the |
| 0:54.5 | popes and Christianity. I am your host, Steve Guara, and I thank you for joining me on this journey. |
| 1:17.8 | Hey, welcome back, everybody. I am really excited today. We have a very special guest, |
| 1:24.2 | Greg Gassman. He is the host of the popular podcast. And we've been trying to get this collaboration going for a long time, but it's finally happened today. |
| 1:28.3 | And I am really excited to talk about. |
| 1:31.7 | We're going to talk about podcasting, Popecasting, everything Popes, get to know Greg a little bit, |
| 1:39.5 | and then have a little bit of an episode about a pope, believe it or not. |
| 1:47.4 | Yes, yes. |
| 1:48.6 | And, yeah, the email chain, I was looking at it. |
| 1:50.9 | I actually went ahead and resurrected the email chain where I first reached out when I was first looking at podcasting. |
| 1:55.5 | So it's nearly five years old, although obviously most of that activity is more recent with some of the recent news. |
| 2:03.6 | We were talking about doing like a prequel sort of thing. |
| 2:06.5 | So, Greg, why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself, a little about your podcast or |
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