Episode 50: Secrets of the Vatican

Luis and Angelo dive into one of the most powerful and mysterious institutions in history – the Vatican.  For over 2,000 years, it has shaped kings, empires, and belief itself.  But what happens when that kind of power operates behind closed doors?  The guys break down shocking moments like the trial of a pope’s cadaver, corrupt Renaissance popes, the fall of the Knights Templar, the Vatican’s role in World War II, Nazi escape routes, a modern financial scandal involving the Vatican Bank, and the suspicious death of a pope in the 1970s.  They also examine the darker and more mysterious side of the Church, including exorcisms, the Vatican’s global information network that rivals modern intelligence agencies, and its more recent openness to the possibility of alien life.  Because when an institution controls belief, power, and information for centuries, the real question isn’t what we know — it’s what we don’t.