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Miniseries
6 Episodes2018
Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History, from Glass Entertainment Group and Rearrange TV, is a six-part CNN Original Series that goes inside the Vatican to reveal the true power held by popes throughout the ages. The docuseries explores how 12 apostles became 1.2 billion Catholics today, linking recent news events surrounding the Vatican with their unexpected origins.
Episodes (6)
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Ep 1
The Rise of the Pope
2018-03-11•60m
Go back 2,000 years to see how the papacy and Catholicism spread throughout Europe.
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Ep 2
The Resignation of Benedict XVI
2018-03-18•60m
The challenge of balancing spiritual and worldly interests changes as papal authority grows.
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Ep 3
The Price of Progress
2018-03-25•60m
As the pope's temporal power and political influence grows, so does corruption in the church.
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Ep 4
A Church Divided
2018-04-01•60m
The power of the papacy is questioned, splintering what was once a universal church.
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Ep 5
The Wartime Popes
2018-04-08•60m
Wartime popes navigate their place as a spiritual leader in an increasingly political world.
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Ep 6
Courage, Change, & the Modern Papacy
2018-04-15•60m
Pope John Paul II turns an ancient institution into the modern papacy we know today.