Ep 3.05: Cardinal Glennon and the Ivory City

This episode explores the 1904 World’s Fair through the eyes of Archbishop John Joseph Glennon, who found himself thrust into its orbit almost immediately upon arriving in St. Louis. Monsignor and Teresa trace Glennon’s uneasy relationship with the fair’s organizers, beginning with his firm refusal to participate in an ecumenical congress and continuing through the awkward end run that brought Papal Nuncio Cardinal Satolli to St. Louis without proper protocol. Despite the missteps, Glennon received the nuncio graciously, accompanying him through the fairgrounds—including a replica of the Holy Sepulchre—while two priests famously slipped away to ride a camel.