Death Comes for the Archbishop

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The Purple Catholic Literature Collection presents: Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather Tune in to our captivating podcast, Death Comes for the Archbishop, as we follow the lives of two French missionaries in the New Mexico territory during the late 19th century. Experience their struggles with faith, culture clash, and the enduring spirit of the American Southwest through this immersive, full-length episodic audio book. Each episode dives into the historical and spiritual context of the story, featuring insights from theologians and historians to enrich your understanding of this fascinating period. Don't miss this unique blend of history, Catholic faith, and adventure! purplecatholic.com

  1. 09/17/2025

    Ep. 12 - Death Comes for the Archbishop (w/ Fr. Bob Keller, OP)

    Want ad-free access? Become a subscriber. In this final episode of Death Comes for the Archbishop, host Matthew Handley reads Book 9, Chapters 5 through 8. Bishop Jean Marie Latour’s health is failing, and he thinks back on his initial meeting with Fr. Joseph Vaillant and his friend’s death. Then Father Bob Keller, OP returns to discuss death and last things. Want to read along with the podcast? You can get a special Purple Catholic Literature Collection edition of Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather on Amazon: Click here to purchase the paperback - $12.99Click here to purchase a Kindle edition - $6.99 Listen on these platforms: * Spotify * Apple Podcasts * YouTube and YouTube Music * Amazon Music Sharing really helps us out. If you like this podcast, tell your friends! Songs featured in this program: VEIL OF MYSTERIES – PATRICK PATRIKOSSUMMER SOMWHERE IN CUBA – CUMBIA DELISPEEDY GONZALO – INABANSPAGHETTI EASTERN – JOHN PATITIUCCISIN RUMBA – INABANRIO AZUL – INABANMIRAGE MELODY – PATRICK PATRIKIOSLOS MIL COLORES – INABANJASMINE WHIPHERS – PATRICK PATRIKIOSA SIP OF POND – PANDELIONFRENCH CONNECTION – BURNISHED BRONZE All songs are used with permission. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit purplecatholic.com/subscribe

    55 min

  2. 09/10/2025

    Ep. 11 - Gold Under Pike's Peak

    Get early, ad-free access by becoming a subscriber. In this episode of Death Comes for the Archbishop, host Matthew Handley reads Book 8, Chapters 2 and 3, and Book 9, Chapters 1 through 4. Father Joseph Vaillant leaves to preach to the gold miners in Colorado and Bishop Jean Marie Latour enters his retirement. Want to read along with the podcast? You can get a special Purple Catholic Literature Collection edition of Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather on Amazon: Click here to purchase the paperback - $12.99Click here to purchase a Kindle edition - $6.99 Listen on these platforms: * Spotify * Apple Podcasts * YouTube and YouTube Music * Amazon Music Sharing really helps us out. If you like this podcast, tell your friends! Songs featured in this program: VEIL OF MYSTERIES – PATRICK PATRIKOSSUMMER SOMWHERE IN CUBA – CUMBIA DELISPEEDY GONZALO – INABANSPAGHETTI EASTERN – JOHN PATITIUCCISIN RUMBA – INABANRIO AZUL – INABANMIRAGE MELODY – PATRICK PATRIKIOSLOS MIL COLORES – INABANJASMINE WHIPHERS – PATRICK PATRIKIOSA SIP OF POND – PANDELIONFRENCH CONNECTION – BURNISHED BRONZE All songs are used with permission. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit purplecatholic.com/subscribe

    55 min

  3. 09/03/2025

    Ep. 10 - Spring in the Navajo Country (w/ Marcus Peter, ThD)

    Get early, ad-free access to the program by becoming a subscriber! In this episode of Death Comes for the Archbishop, host Matthew Handley reads Book 7, chapters 3 and 4 and Book 8, Chapter 1. Fr. Vaillant is recalled to Santa Fe and Bishop Latour visits Eusabio, his Navajo friend. Then, Dr. Marcus Peter and Matthew continue their conversation on preaching and building a Catholic imagination. Dr. Marcus Peter is Director of Theology for Ave Maria Radio and the Kresta Institute, radio host of the daily EWTN drivetime program Ave Maria in the Afternoon, TV host of Unveiling the Covenants, a prolific author, biblical theologian, culture commentator, and international speaker. Follow his work at marcusbpeter.com. Want to read along with the podcast? You can get a special Purple Catholic Literature Collection edition of Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather on Amazon: Click here to purchase the paperback - $12.99Click here to purchase a Kindle edition - $6.99 Listen on these platforms: * Spotify * Apple Podcasts * YouTube and YouTube Music * Amazon Music Sharing really helps us out. If you like this podcast, tell your friends! Songs featured in this program: VEIL OF MYSTERIES – PATRICK PATRIKOSSUMMER SOMWHERE IN CUBA – CUMBIA DELISPEEDY GONZALO – INABANSPAGHETTI EASTERN – JOHN PATITIUCCISIN RUMBA – INABANRIO AZUL – INABANMIRAGE MELODY – PATRICK PATRIKIOSLOS MIL COLORES – INABANJASMINE WHIPHERS – PATRICK PATRIKIOSA SIP OF POND – PANDELIONFRENCH CONNECTION – BURNISHED BRONZE All songs are used with permission. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit purplecatholic.com/subscribe

    55 min

  4. 08/27/2025

    Ep. 9 - December Night (w/ Marcus Peter, ThD)

    Want early, ad-free access to the program? Become a subscriber! In this episode of Death Comes for the Archbishop, host Matthew Handley reads Book 7, chapters 1 and 2. Fr. Vaillant travels to Arizona to preach, and Bishop Latour aids a poor, old servant woman. Today’s guest is Dr. Marcus Peter. He returns to the program to discuss his conversion to Catholicism and the challenges of modern-day preaching. Dr. Marcus Peter is Director of Theology for Ave Maria Radio and the Kresta Institute, radio host of the daily EWTN drivetime program Ave Maria in the Afternoon, TV host of Unveiling the Covenants, a prolific author, biblical theologian, culture commentator, and international speaker. Follow his work at marcusbpeter.com. Want to read along with the podcast? You can get a special Purple Catholic Literature Collection edition of Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather on Amazon: Click here to purchase the paperback - $12.99Click here to purchase a Kindle edition - $6.99 Listen on these platforms: * Spotify * Apple Podcasts * YouTube and YouTube Music * Amazon Music Sharing really helps us out. If you like this podcast, tell your friends! Songs featured in this program: VEIL OF MYSTERIES – PATRICK PATRIKOSSUMMER SOMWHERE IN CUBA – CUMBIA DELISPEEDY GONZALO – INABANSPAGHETTI EASTERN – JOHN PATITIUCCISIN RUMBA – INABANRIO AZUL – INABANMIRAGE MELODY – PATRICK PATRIKIOSLOS MIL COLORES – INABANJASMINE WHIPHERS – PATRICK PATRIKIOSA SIP OF POND – PANDELIONFRENCH CONNECTION – BURNISHED BRONZE All songs are used with permission. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit purplecatholic.com/subscribe

    55 min

  5. 08/20/2025

    Ep. 8 - Doña Isabella (w/ Franz Klein)

    Get early ad-free access to each episode by becoming a paying subscriber! In this episode of Death Comes for the Archbishop, host Matthew Handley reads Book 6, the story of some of Bishop Latour’s friends in Santa Fe. Then, Franz Klein returns to discuss Christian symbolism and scriptural parallels in two stories from the novel: the saving of Magdalena and the deaths of Padre Martinez and Padre Lucero. Franz Klein teaches history, literature, and religion for Mother of Divine Grace School, an online program for Catholic homeschooling families. He and his wife Rosemary homestead and grow lots of garlic, together with their seven boys, on an organic farm in West-Central Wisconsin. Want to read along with the podcast? You can get a special Purple Catholic Literature Collection edition of Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather on Amazon: Click here to purchase the paperback - $12.99Click here to purchase a Kindle edition - $6.99 Listen on these platforms: * Spotify * Apple Podcasts * YouTube and YouTube Music * Amazon Music Sharing really helps us out. If you like this podcast, tell your friends! Songs featured in this program: VEIL OF MYSTERIES – PATRICK PATRIKOSSUMMER SOMWHERE IN CUBA – CUMBIA DELISPEEDY GONZALO – INABANSPAGHETTI EASTERN – JOHN PATITIUCCISIN RUMBA – INABANRIO AZUL – INABANMIRAGE MELODY – PATRICK PATRIKIOSLOS MIL COLORES – INABANJASMINE WHIPHERS – PATRICK PATRIKIOSA SIP OF POND – PANDELIONFRENCH CONNECTION – BURNISHED BRONZE All songs are used with permission. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit purplecatholic.com/subscribe

    55 min

  6. 08/13/2025

    Ep. 7 - Padre Martinez

    Get early ad-free access to each episode by becoming a paying subscriber! In this episode of Death Comes for the Archbishop, host Matthew Handley reads Book 5. Bishop Jean Marie Latour now needs to deal with Padre Martinez, the pastor in Taos who, in Book 1, rode to Santa Fe upon Bishop Latour’s arrival expressly to reject his authority. What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; and there is nothing new under the sun. Is there a thing of which it is said, “See, this is new”? It has been already, in the ages before us. Ecclesiastes 1:9-10 Want to read along with the podcast? You can get a special Purple Catholic Literature Collection edition of Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather on Amazon: Click here to purchase the paperback - $12.99Click here to purchase a Kindle edition - $6.99 Listen on these platforms: * Spotify * Apple Podcasts * YouTube and YouTube Music * Amazon Music Sharing really helps us out. If you like this podcast, tell your friends! Songs featured in this program: VEIL OF MYSTERIES – PATRICK PATRIKOSSUMMER SOMWHERE IN CUBA – CUMBIA DELISPEEDY GONZALO – INABANSPAGHETTI EASTERN – JOHN PATITIUCCISIN RUMBA – INABANRIO AZUL – INABANMIRAGE MELODY – PATRICK PATRIKIOSLOS MIL COLORES – INABANJASMINE WHIPHERS – PATRICK PATRIKIOSA SIP OF POND – PANDELIONFRENCH CONNECTION – BURNISHED BRONZE All songs are used with permission. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit purplecatholic.com/subscribe

    55 min

  7. 08/06/2025

    Ep. 6 - Snake Root

    Get early ad-free access to each episode by becoming a paying subscriber! In this episode of Death Comes for the Archbishop, host Matthew Handley reads Book 4. Bishop Jean Latour continues his travels with Jacinto and experiences a sacred native, secretive location. Then, Matthew shares and explores Pope Francis’ letter to seminarians on the importance of literature. Click here to read Pope Francis’ letter on literature. Want to read along with the podcast? You can get a special Purple Catholic Literature Collection edition of Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather on Amazon: Click here to purchase the paperback - $12.99Click here to purchase a Kindle edition - $6.99 Listen on these platforms: * Spotify * Apple Podcasts * YouTube and YouTube Music * Amazon Music Sharing really helps us out. If you like this podcast, tell your friends! Songs featured in this program: VEIL OF MYSTERIES – PATRICK PATRIKOSSUMMER SOMWHERE IN CUBA – CUMBIA DELISPEEDY GONZALO – INABANSPAGHETTI EASTERN – JOHN PATITIUCCISIN RUMBA – INABANRIO AZUL – INABANMIRAGE MELODY – PATRICK PATRIKIOSLOS MIL COLORES – INABANJASMINE WHIPHERS – PATRICK PATRIKIOSA SIP OF POND – PANDELIONFRENCH CONNECTION – BURNISHED BRONZE All songs are used with permission. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit purplecatholic.com/subscribe

    55 min

  8. 07/30/2025

    Ep. 5 - The Legend of Fray Baltazar (with John Pinheiro, PhD)

    Get early ad-free access to each episode by becoming a paying subscriber! In this episode of Death Comes for the Archbishop, host Matthew Handley reads Book Three, Chapters 3 and 4. Bishop Jean Marie Latour continues his travels across the more rural areas of his diocese. He also hears the story of one of the more despicable early missionaries in the region. Later, Matthew is joined by Dr. John Pinheiro, a historian and author. They discuss the history of the Mexican-American War and the anti-Catholic sentiment that fueled it. Dr. John C. Pinheiro, a historian, author, and public intellectual whose work explores the intersections of religion, politics, and American identity. Dr. Pinheiro currently serves as Director of Research at the Acton Institute in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he oversees scholarly research, publications, and international programming. He is the author most recently of Missionaries of Republicanism: A Religious History of the Mexican-American War. Want to read along with the podcast? You can get a special Purple Catholic Literature Collection edition of Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather on Amazon: Click here to purchase the paperback - $12.99Click here to purchase a Kindle edition - $6.99 All book sale proceeds from now through July 31, 2025 will be donated to Aid to the Church in Need. Listen on these platforms: * Spotify * Apple Podcasts * YouTube and YouTube Music * Amazon Music Sharing really helps us out. If you like this podcast, tell your friends! Songs featured in this program: VEIL OF MYSTERIES – PATRICK PATRIKOSSUMMER SOMWHERE IN CUBA – CUMBIA DELISPEEDY GONZALO – INABANSPAGHETTI EASTERN – JOHN PATITIUCCISIN RUMBA – INABANRIO AZUL – INABANMIRAGE MELODY – PATRICK PATRIKIOSLOS MIL COLORES – INABANJASMINE WHIPHERS – PATRICK PATRIKIOSA SIP OF POND – PANDELIONFRENCH CONNECTION – BURNISHED BRONZE All songs are used with permission. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit purplecatholic.com/subscribe

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The Purple Catholic Literature Collection presents: Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather Tune in to our captivating podcast, Death Comes for the Archbishop, as we follow the lives of two French missionaries in the New Mexico territory during the late 19th century. Experience their struggles with faith, culture clash, and the enduring spirit of the American Southwest through this immersive, full-length episodic audio book. Each episode dives into the historical and spiritual context of the story, featuring insights from theologians and historians to enrich your understanding of this fascinating period. Don't miss this unique blend of history, Catholic faith, and adventure! purplecatholic.com

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