The Papacy and Pope Leo XIV

Godsplaining

Dominican Friars Province of St. Joseph

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Fr. Patrick and Fr. Bonaventure are back at it—this time unpacking all things papacy and the American Pope. From the Scriptural roots to the role of the modern Pope as theologian-in-chief and global shepherd, the friars introduce the newly elected Pope Leo XIV. What's his deal? Where’d he come from, and what might his papacy mean for the Church and the world? Go to exodus90.com to find out more information — join us on August 15 for St. Michael’s Lent! Godsplaining Day of Recollection in TULSA, OKLAHOMA Godsplaining MEN'S RETREAThttps://godsplaining.org/mens-retreat-august-2025/ Subscribe to our channelhttps://www.youtube.com/c/Godsplaining Support the Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/godsplaining Shop our NEW merch store: https://godsplaining.org/store/ Shop Books Written by the FriarsSt. Dominic's Way of Life: https://www.amazon.com/Saint-Dominics-Way-Life-Knowing/dp/1681929392Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly: https://www.amazon.com/Prudence-Choose-Confidently-Live-Boldly/dp/1681927322/ Connect on Social MediaFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/godsplaining/Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/godsplaining/Follow us on X: https://x.com/godsplaining To learn more about the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.opeast.orgTo support the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.dominicanfriars.org

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0:00.0	This is Father Bonimetric Chapman.
0:07.0	This is Father Patrick Briscoe.
0:08.5	And welcome to God's Splainting.
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0:19.0	That's not bad. No, it's pretty good. All right. Blink twice if you listen to your podcasts. That's not bad.
0:21.2	No, it's pretty good. Blink twice if you need to be rescued. Yes, fantastic. Father Patrick Mary Briscoe. How are you doing? Listen, Father Bonaventure, it is great to be with you here today. It feels like a minute since we've done this. We haven't done a while, yeah, that's right. And a lot has happened since then. There's just so much going on.
0:19.0	You know, we've got the Pope.
0:20.9	Yeah.
0:21.3	Got America. We haven't done a while, yeah, that's right. And a lot has happened since then. There's just so much
0:38.0	going on. We've got the Pope. Yeah. Got America. You know, the Pope and America. Yep, the Pope and
0:45.4	America, the American Pope. We tend to do kind of political stuff. We often do political stuff
0:50.3	on here, America, and these kind of stuff, things in church and state episodes. But now,
0:55.3	with the papacy and being an American, it's pretty exciting. So, pulling that out. Yeah, that's what they were all saying in Rome, you know, the Italians, they were all coming up to me and saying, Papa Americano. And I would kind of correct them. I would say very gently, uh, Papa Peruviano. Well, he's, you know, he, you know, I'm like, yes, but both, you know. Yeah, were you, I mean, so you were over there at the time, of course, but I mean,
1:13.2	were you surprised that it was an American? Oh, shocked. Did you know, prevoced at all? No, I've never met him. But his name was on the list of Popubile, and he was something that was sort of being talked about, but not really in the
1:08.3	top tier, not in the
1:10.4	likely tier he would be on, you know,
1:12.6	like the second set of five. of being talked about, but not really in the in the top tier, not in the likely tier.
1:29.0	He would be on, you know, like the second set of five on his list of ten, that kind of thing.
1:33.7	So his name is floating around.
1:35.3	Of course, he has a very influential position in the Vatican, having been the head of
1:39.8	the Cassary of were bishops.
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