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#113 - The Great Popes

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In continuation of our series on the Papacy, Justin Hibbard gives a brief snapshot of some of the greatest Popes in history. What common traits did these great Popes share; how did they balance spiritual, political, and administrative leadership; and how did their papacies change the world? Subscribe to Why Catholic? wherever you get your podcasts. Check out the Why Catholic Etsy shop (all proceeds support this podcast). Become a free subscriber or a patron of Why Catholic? and get the next episode and a discount code to the Why Catholic Etsy shop in your email inbox. Follow Why Catholic on Instagram. Subscribe to Why Catholic on YouTube SHOW NOTES: * Battle of Lepanto - painting by Andries van Eertvelt * Episode 90 - The Hypostatic Union * The Tome of Leo (449) * Episode 111 - Papal Infallibility * Canons of the Council of Chalcedon (451) * Episode 104 - The Nuclear Football * Orthodoxy by GK Chesterton * Letters of Pope St. Gregory Great * Love and Responsibility by Karol Wojtyla * Dignitatis Humanae (1965) * Gaudium et spes (1965) * Humanae Vitae (1968) * Evangelii Nuntiandi (1975) * Video of Pope John Paul II’s Election * Video Playlist of 1995 World Youth Day Mass in Manilla, Philippines * Video: 40 years ago, John Paul II's first visit to Poland that brought the collapse of communism by Rome Reports * The Cold War: A New History by John Lewis Gaddis * Video: Assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II * Video: Pope John Paul II Meets His Would-Be Assassin * Code of Canon Law (1983) * Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (1990) * Episode 63 - Not All Catholics are Roman Catholic * Catechism of the Catholic Church * Episode 105 - The Upside Down Kingdom Get full access to Why Catholic? at whycatholic.substack.com/subscribe