234. A Trek to the Future
From Catholic History Trek by Scott Schulze & Kevin Schmiesing
February 11, 2026 · 33 min · Season 1 · Episode 234
About this episode
In this final episode featuring both hosts, they speculate on the future of the Church and its challenges.
In this episode, Kevin and Scott bring their long 5 year runof regularly scheduled episodes to a close. In this last episode featuring both Kevin and Scott together, they speculate on the history of the Church. Will there be more Catholics or less? What kinds of threats will the Church face? And who will be pope in the year 2100? They discuss these, and other questions, in this episode. As a note, going forward, Catholic History Trek will continue to create episodes, but they will be more sporadic.
People in this episode
Hosts: Kevin, Scott
Topics covered
- future of the Church
- Catholicism
- speculation
- challenges to the Church
- papacy
Keywords
- future of Catholicism
- Church history
- papal predictions
- Catholic challenges
- Kevin and Scott
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Catholic History Trek
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