Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History

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.

• Ep 1

  1.The Rise of the Pope

  11-03-201860m

  Go back 2,000 years to see how the papacy and Catholicism spread throughout Europe.

• Ep 2

  2.The Resignation of Benedict XVI

  18-03-201860m

  The challenge of balancing spiritual and worldly interests changes as papal authority grows.

• Ep 3

  3.The Price of Progress

  25-03-201860m

  As the pope's temporal power and political influence grows, so does corruption in the church.

• Ep 4

  4.A Church Divided

  01-04-201860m

  The power of the papacy is questioned, splintering what was once a universal church.

• Ep 5

  5.The Wartime Popes

  08-04-201860m

  Wartime popes navigate their place as a spiritual leader in an increasingly political world.

• Ep 6

  6.Courage, Change, & the Modern Papacy

  15-04-201860m

  Pope John Paul II turns an ancient institution into the modern papacy we know today.