Original title
Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History
Released
3/11/2018
Origin country
US
Genre
Documentary
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
1
Number of episodes
6
A six part docuseries that explores how 12 apostles became 1.2 billion Catholics today and goes inside the Vatican to reveal the true power held by popes throughout the ages.
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.
Go back 2,000 years to see how the papacy and Catholicism spread throughout Europe.
The challenge of balancing spiritual and worldly interests changes as papal authority grows.
As the pope's temporal power and political influence grows, so does corruption in the church.
The power of the papacy is questioned, splintering what was once a universal church.
Wartime popes navigate their place as a spiritual leader in an increasingly political world.
Pope John Paul II turns an ancient institution into the modern papacy we know today.
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