St Peter was the first pope, but who was the second pope?

In this episode Scott treks back to the 2nd pope - the first successor of St Peter.

The Basilica of St. Francis Xavier in Vincennes, Indiana, was the state's first Catholic church and first cathedral. During the American Revolution, it was also the home of the "Patriot Priest," Fr. Pierre Gibault.

("Cradles of Catholicism" series, no. 46, Indiana)

What is a Catholic to do when one penitential season of Lent just doesn’t provide enough fasting? They add a second one!

For many centuries, Advent (previously called St Martin’s Lent) was a penitential season observed similarly to Lent, marking a preparation for the coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

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Nashville is the capital of country music, the capital of the Volunteer State, and the capital of Tennessee Catholicism. Its St. Mary's Church joins St. Michael's in Cedarville as the birthplaces of Catholicism Tennessee.

("Cradles of Catholicism" series, no. 45, Tennessee)

Often forgotten in the hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials, is the martyrdom of Ann Glover, killed as a “witch” because shewas an Irish Catholic in a Puritan colony.

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Maryland Jesuits founded Delaware's first parish: St. Mary of the Assumption, known in its early days as the "Coffee Run Church."

("Cradles of Catholicism" series, no. 44, Delaware)

The pioneering bishops of the Pacific Northwest, Francois Blanchet and Modeste Demers, figure in the story of the beginning of the Church in the state of Washington at St. Francis Xavier Mission on the Cowlitz River.

("Cradles of Catholicism" series, no. 43, Washington)

In this episode Scott uncovers the history of the true cross upon which Jesus was crucified.

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Distinctive white pinnacles top the Basilica of St. Mary in Natchez, built by Bishop John Chanches in the 1840s.

("Cradles of Catholicism" series, no. 42, Mississippi)

The terrifying words were recorded in an 1876 book by Monsignor Louis Gaston de Segur, recounting a ghastly apparition witnessed by his grandfather. But the holy de Segur wrote prolifically, and about much more than the reality of hell. In this episode Scott treks thru the life of Louis Gaston de Segur.

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