Saturday, May 10, 2025

Special Edition: New Pope, New Direction? What This Choice Means for the World

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History has been made at the Vatican – a closed-door conclave of cardinals chose the first American pope. Today, we’re taking you inside the secretive process of choosing the Catholic Church’s leader with insights from Candida Moss, a papal news contributor for CBS News and the Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology at the University of Birmingham. We’re discussing the meaning behind this moment and what to expect as Pope Leo XIV takes on one of the most powerful roles in religion and world affairs.

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Guest: Candida Moss

Candida Moss is the Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology at the University of Birmingham in England. Her work focuses on a wide array of ideas about the body and power in early Christianity. This included disability, martyrdom, death, suffering, the afterlife, and the work of enslaved workers in the production of the New Testament. 

Candida has additional interests in religion and public life, the Bible and education, and cultural heritage. In addition to her academic work, Candida is a papal contributor for CBS News, a columnist for the Daily Beast and regularly contributes to other publications like Atlantic Monthly, New York Times, LA Times, Times Supplement of Higher Education, Slate, Politico, and CNN. 

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