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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

SCHEDULING UPDATE: Short version - Bry is moving! - Gregg won't be editing Pontifacts until the New Year - Fry is editing, alongside her dayjob - Episodes will come out but not on a schedule, to avoid a full hiatus - ONE MONTH LEFT to join the Pontifacts Tour! tinyurl.com/pontifactstour

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Pontifacts: The Road to Papacy

A cultural itinerary and historical deep dive with the Podcaster Fry and Bry. A tour through Rome, Viterbo, Orvieto and Florence, discovering the roots of early Christianity, the splendor of the Rena...

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

📣SCHEDULING UPDATE: DETAILS Quick peek behind the curtain at Pontifacts HQ, because things have gotten a bit busy! The big piece: Bry is buying her new home! A very busy process of selling, showing, negotiating, and hopefully closing this week, which means that the next step is moving. -->

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#POPEWATCH: Happy birthday to Pope Leo, who turns 71 today! Also, happy birthday to Pontifacts' own Deacon Dad!! (Who we can happily announce will be joining us on the Pontifacts Tour!!) www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

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Pope Leo XIV celebrates his 71st birthday - Vatican News

Pope Leo XIV celebrates his 71st birthday on September 14, 2026, following a year marked by appeals for peace, Apostolic Journeys, and concern for ...

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Introducing Pope Anastasius IV!! pontifacts.podbean.com/e/170-anasta... And as you'll hear at the front of the episode, the Pontifacts Tour of Italy has been confirmed! We are still accepting bookings until October 31st, so sign up now and don't miss out! tinyurl.com/pontifactstour

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170. Anastasius IV | PONTIFACTS: Ranking the Popes

For the final time, its me, (Pope) Anastasius! In his episode, we discuss an unexpected peace, a surprising amount of archaeology, a shocking bit of grave-robbing, and what it means to be riggity-scri...

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The Pontifacts Tour of Italy is now CONFIRMED‼️ WE COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED!!! We will still be accepting bookings through October 31st. There is still time to secure a spot! January 30th - February 7th, 2027 9 Days in Rome, Viterbo, Orvieto and Florence tinyurl.com/pontifactstour

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Thinking about coming on the Pontifacts tour of Italy, but not sure it's right for your spouse, friends or family? Don't worry! We've designed the tour stops to be appealing to all, regardless of whether they are Catholic, love history or listen to podcasts! tinyurl.com/pontifactstour

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

And then they tore the roof off!! Would you like to see where the first ever Conclave took place, and hear its wild story?! Join us on the PONTIFACTS TOUR OF ITALY! January 30 - February 7, 2027 9 days in Rome, Viterbo, Orvieto, and Florence! tinyurl.com/pontifactstour

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Where else will you have the opportunity to stay overnight in a monastery AND attend a papal audience?! Join the Pontifacts Tour of Italy now!! Jan 30-Feb 7, 2027 tinyurl.com/pontifactstour

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Are you planning your adventures for next year? There are still a couple spots left on the Pontifacts Tour of Italy! Make sure to act now to secure your place! Jan 30 - Feb 7, 2027 9 days in Rome, Orvieto, Viterbo and Florence tinyurl.com/pontifactstour

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Pope Leo XIV praised American nuns for their work in education and care for the poor. Critics call synodality a codeword for liberalizing the Church. Leo calls it a discipline of listening — and says nuns can become “experts in synodality” because their lives already run on shared discernment.

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

And the Lateran gets its own day, to do justice to the two most significant papal sites in Rome! It's time to think about your adventures for 2027: there is still time to join the Pontifacts Tour of Italy! Jan 30-Feb 7th 9 days in Rome, Viterbo, Orvieto and Florence tinyurl.com/pontifactstour

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

In 2016, Pope Francis published a book of letters from children around the world. William, 7, asked, “If you could do one miracle, what would it be?” Francis answered, “I would heal children.” He said his answer to their pain was “silence, or perhaps a word that rises from my tears.”

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Arthur Urbano 🌍📷🏛️🛫🇮🇹🤌😷 @arturoviaggia.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

TIL Pope Lando (913-914) was the last pope to take an "original" name until Pope Francis in 2013! The John Paul's were original in the double name, but they were still the names of predecessors. Either way you slice it, lots of centuries in between! (h/t @pontifactspod.bsky.social)

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Corpreal Fale @corprealfale.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

That looks like Christopher Lee with a bunnypoof

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Introducing Pope Eugene III! Get ready for Cistercians, Crusades, and weird marriage meddling. pontifacts.podbean.com/e/169-eugene... Don't miss out on your spot on the Pontifacts tour of Italy! Book now! tinyurl.com/pontifactstour

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169. Eugene III | PONTIFACTS: Ranking the Popes

With Eugene III, we have reached the first Cistercian Pope, and the Cistercians as the first official religious order! In his episode, we discuss the recurrent problem of Arnold of Brescia, the Second...

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Formosus is on a road trip! (He's got to be out of my house for a few days while showings are happening) Do you also want to go on a popey trip? Come join us in Italy in January!! tinyurl.com/pontifactstour

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Quick update: This episode requires a bit more editing work to be done, so it will be out this week, on an "as soon as possible" basis!

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

It's my birthday! Also a major Catholic and Italian holiday: Feast of the Assumption of Mary, AND Ferragosto. I'm dreaming of returning to Italy on the Pontifacts Tour this January - and you can still join us!! Spots are still available at tinyurl.com/pontifactstour Act now, dont miss out!!

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Join the Pontifacts Tour of Italy! Jan 30th- Feb 7th 2027 Rome, Florence, Orvieto, Viterbo Curated with AMAZING experiences for everyone, even if you're not Catholic, a history lover, or a podcast listener! Bring your friends, spouses, or family! tinyurl.com/pontifactstour

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 09/08/2026

We left as she was explaining the rules around diluting holy water to her cohorts. I wish her the best.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 09/08/2026

GIRL1: THEY PICK NEW POPES, OKAY? DUDE: *silent astonishment* GIRL1: So there’s Pope Leo, and before that was Pope Francis and before that was Pope…Pope…I forget, but he was a homophobe. ME: *turns* Benedict. GIRL1: Benedict, right! So the Pope and his cardinals… DUDE: Can the pope make holy water?

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 09/08/2026

I am at Waffle House at 11pm and three teenagers in the next booth are discussing the Pope. GIRL1: So the pope— GIRL2: Which pope? GIRL1: Pope Leo. DUDE: What about Francis? GIRL1: He died. DUDE: THE POPE DIED?!? GIRL1: Like last year! We have an American Pope! DUDE: They can DO that?!

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

SCHEDULING UPDATE: Due to a confluence of chaos for all 3 members of the Pontifacts Team (mostly good, some potential very big news!), our episode due Monday will be pushed back to the 17th. Thanks for your patience! And don't forget to secure your spot for the tour!! tinyurl.com/pontifactstour

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Final throwback: 8 years ago today, Bry got married in Florence. We will be returning to this spot and so many other amazing sites in Florence, Rome and more on our tour in Jan 2027!! Come join us, secure your spot today! tinyurl.com/pontifactstour

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Another throwback! 8 years ago today, Bry was in Florence - another place we will be revisiting in depth on the tour! Sign up now to join us!! tinyurl.com/pontifactstour

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Adjustable desk lamps are perfect for a proper lighting of your text work, and it increases productivity and work safety. Buy our (since the 1530s) bestselling flying lamp "the dove", and get an extra refill ink pod for free. #skystorians #writingsky

a detail from a 1530 Wittenberg bible showing a man sitting at a writing desk, doing his writing, and right behind him is the godly dove. Here is the page in a digital copy: https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb00113027?page=473

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

THROWBACK: On this day 8 years ago, Bry met Pope Francis in a papal audience, toured the Vatican Museums, and visited the Catacombs of Callixtus! These are ALL things we will be repeating on the Pontifacts Tour, so if you want to come do them with us, sign up now!!! tinyurl.com/pontifactstour

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Starting to source for a VERY hefty episode today. Oh boy.

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

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Gipsy Danger Jaeger in the Rain

ALT: Gipsy Danger Jaeger in the Rain

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Join us in wishing a very happy birthday to Pachacuti, the first Pontifacts corgi mascot (now of 3!) who is turning 10 today! 🎂

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#POPEWATCH: the SSPX schism has taken a darker turn after an abbot was abducted and abused for 2 days in a leadership coup. Claire Willet's thread below has all the latest details!

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Lorna @florilegia.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I would love to have my own Playmobil Hildegard. She could live on my desk and I'd play chants for the feast of St Ursula for her

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

NEW: In the Vatican’s new documentary, an Augustinian friar describes the practical jokes of Pope Leo XIV’s student years in Rome — including a laxative he was fed disguised as candy. As he tells it, the film cuts to a photo of young Bob Prevost, grinning.

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Pope Leo XIV’s College Years Included a Laxative Prank — and the Vatican Put It on Film

An Augustinian friar recounts the practical jokes of the international college in “Leone a Roma,” and the editors cut to a photo of young Bob Prevost grinning. Five more revelations follow, from China...

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Do you have to be Catholic to enjoy the Pontifacts tour of Italy? No!! (And we aren't either!) Everything has been designed with our history-first perspective, and we have so much to share. Sign up now and reserve your spot!! tinyurl.com/pontifactstour

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Join us in Italy to see major Papal Basilicas, awe inspiring cathedrals, incredible museums, stay overnight in a monastery, visit tombs and catacombs, eat amazing food and hang out with the pope ladies!!! celeste.wetravel.com/i/69fc95965e...

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

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Nikolaj Bill @nikolajbill.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I don’t know why, but this is just so funny to me. US ambassador to the Vatican: The Pope was speaking as head of the Vatican not as head of the Church The Vatican: No, the pope normally speaks as a head of the Church

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Vatican clarifies pope’s role ‘as universal shepherd’ in wake of US ambassador’s comments

“The pope normally speaks as a head of the Church,” papal expert Father Roberto Regoli told EWTN News.

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Bring your friends, your spouse or your family! They don't need to be a Pontifacts listener, podcast fan or history nerd to have an incredible time - we've made sure of it!

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Thinking about bringing your spouse or friend on the Pontifacts Tour, but they're not a podcast listener or history nerd? Never fear!! We've packed this trip with incredible and diverse experiences, gorgeous destinations, and plenty of free time for adventure! tinyurl.com/pontifactstour

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

We are over halfway booked, but there is still time to join us for the Pontifacts tour of Italy in 2027! Sign up now with just a down payment, and Celeste will work with whatever payment schedule you require!! celeste.wetravel.com/i/69fc95965e...

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

You have been patient, and here it is! Join us for a look at the SSPX, and what caused them to be excommunicated. pontifacts.podbean.com/e/popewatch-...

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Pontifacts: Ranking the Popes @pontifactspod.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

We are so excited and grateful to those who have been booking!! There is still time to join us, and secure your spot!!

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