{"podcast":{"title":"Best of the Spectator","slug":"best-of-the-spectator-45373","podcast_index_feed_id":45373,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/68358fb5e1abc4be6b0308eb","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4905579-best-of-the-spectator","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/68358fb5e1abc4be6b0308eb/show-cover.jpg","author":"The Spectator","episode_count":2646,"summary":"Home to the Spectator's best podcasts on everything from politics to religion, literature to food and drink, and more. A new podcast every day from writers worth listening to. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-08T18:22:22.936028+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-of-the-spectator-45373"},"episode":{"title":"Holy Smoke: is Pope Benedict’s Ordinariate for ex-Anglicans finally going to realise its potential?","slug":"holy-smoke-is-pope-benedict-s-ordinariate-for-ex-anglicans-finally-going-to-realise-its-potential","published_at":"2026-04-25T23:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-of-the-spectator-45373/holy-smoke-is-pope-benedict-s-ordinariate-for-ex-anglicans-finally-going-to-realise-its-potential","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-of-the-spectator-45373","url":"https://shows.acast.com/best-of-the-spectator/episodes/holy-smoke-is-pope-benedicts-ordinariate-for-ex-anglicans-fi","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68358fb5e1abc4be6b0308eb/e/69eb5b54d2febdbec94d2ddd/media.mp3?tk=eyJ0ayI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJhZHMiOnRydWUsInNwb25zIjp0cnVlLCJzdGF0dXMiOiJwdWJsaWMifQ==&sig=ebIKDQNWP9H-OPJIhlEnk-v_2akqqaabuqCXOK4xEmw","summary":"In 2009 Pope Benedict XVI upset liberals by creating the Ordinariates, new self-governing structures for ex-Anglicans who wanted to preserve their ‘patrimony’ in their worship and evangelisation. Until now, many bishops in the English-speaking world have done their best to marginalise the Ordinariates, despite – or perhaps because of – the dynamism of their clergy. But Pope Leo has now affirmed the Ordinariates as a permanent feature of the church. Could Pope Benedict’s bold initiative soon be working as he intended? In this episode of Holy Smoke , Damian Thompson talks to two leading Ordinariate priests, Fathers Ed Tomlinson and Benedict Kiely. Don’t miss this unusually frank discussion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In 2009 Pope Benedict XVI upset liberals by creating the Ordinariates, new self-governing structures for ex-Anglicans who wanted to preserve their ‘patrim…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1812,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/best-of-the-spectator-45373/episodes/holy-smoke-is-pope-benedict-s-ordinariate-for-ex-anglicans-finally-going-to-realise-its-potential/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/best-of-the-spectator-45373/holy-smoke-is-pope-benedict-s-ordinariate-for-ex-anglicans-finally-going-to-realise-its-potential.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}