Welcome to another episode of Revolutions of Our Time, the first of a two-part episode on Pope Francis!

In this episode, we discuss Jorge Mario Bergoglio's early life and his ascendancy to Bishop of Rome. We discuss what it means to resist, and whether someone someone working quietly behind the scenes gets to claim they are resisting, or whether silence in the face of oppression always equals complicity. And, once you have quietly resisted and worked your way up the ranks, perhaps even to the pinacle of power, can you continue to resist?

This is part one of a two-part series on the reign of Pope Francis. In part two, we discuss how much responsibility the leader of the church really holds. The Catholic Church is 2,000 years old. How much can even the most ardent reformer do?

Thanks to Johnnie for our cover art.

Thanks to AudioCoffee on SoundCloud for our theme music.