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May 2, 2025 77 mins

Although the papal election process has over the centuries, since 1996 the Catholic Church's rules governing conclaves have stemmed from a document from Pope St. John Paul II entitled Universi Dominici Gregis.

On today's episode, we're joined by Donald Paul Maddox, author of the excellent publication In Defense of Theology on Substack and co-host of the Saints in the Parish podcast, to take a deep dive into how the upcoming conclave to elect the next Successor of St. Peter will REALLY work.


- Subscribe to In Defense of Theology: https://indefenseoftheology.substack.com/

- Listen to Saints in the Parish podcast: https://www.stlawrencefairhope.com/parish-podcast.html

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