Mar 9 2020
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The opening titles of this episode give us the showdown we’d been expecting since the announcement that Jude Law…
The New Pope
Mar 2 2020
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It took a while, but the protagonist of The New Pope has finally become clear. It’s not Lenny Belardo, even though…
Feb 24 2020
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From its mid-season stretch of conniving, plotting, and despair, The New Pope has risen from the dead. For most of…
Feb 17 2020
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John Paul III is a bad pope.
Feb 10 2020
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John Brannox is a weak man—or, at least, a soft one. Though he hides behind an air of seriousness (and John…
Feb 3 2020
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He was only elected one episode ago, but it feels like John Brannox has been pope for ages. Much of this fourth…
Jan 27 2020
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The papacy is, generally speaking, seen as a leadership role. The pope gives guidance to the world’s Catholics,…
Jan 20 2020
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If we thought the church was in a state of disarray before, it’s teetering on the edge now. The death of Francis II…
Jan 13 2020
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There’s a hole in the middle of The New Pope.