Rome Has Spoken: The Most Contested Encyclical in the Modern Church | Immortale Dei

Rome Has Spoken: The Most Contested Encyclical in the Modern Church | Immortale Dei

June 17, 2026 · 1h 41m

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The episode discusses Pope Leo XIII's encyclical 'Immortale Dei' and its implications for church authority and state governance.

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! You’ve probably heard the Saint Michael Prayer. The part most people miss is that its origin story is bound up with a Pope who believed the Church was facing more than bad politics, and he answered with something sharper than commentary: Immortali Dei, Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical on how a nation should be ordered, what authority is, and why the state...

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