About this episode

The episode discusses the first year of Pope Leo XIV's pontificate with insights from Professor Massimo Faggioli.

This week marks the end of the first year in the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV, and it has not been without its headline moments. Massimo Faggioli, Professor in Historical and Contemporary Ecclesiology at the Loyola Institute in the School of Religion, Theology and Peace Studies at Trinity College, Dublin, joins Pat to discuss.

Topics covered

• pontificate
• Pope Leo XIV
• Catholic Church
• ecclesiology
• religion
• theology

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