Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1375 - Conclaves and Pope Leo XIV with Jacqueline Murray

Brian interviews Jacqueline Murray. Jacqueline is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Guelph, Adjunct Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto and a Fellow of St Michael’s College (UofT). Her career has been devoted to teaching students about the Middle Ages, researching the impact of ecclesiastical teachings on values, ideas and everyday medieval people. She is also a public historian who speaks and writes about why the Middle Ages matter to our 21st-century society. We discuss the election of the new pope just one week ago including some of the medieval background of papal election and conclaves that underlie what we have all been watching avidly. We also discuss the new pope and what this conclave and his papal name might suggest as we go forward.