#248 Pope John Paul I Was Awesome, Actually…
Shameless Popery · Catholic Answers
February 10, 2026
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Show Notes
Joe takes this opportunity to highlight just how great Pope John Paul I was, and how unfortunate it is that he gets overlooked due to his very short papacy.
Transcript:
JOE:
Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer, and today I want to talk about a pope that doesn’t get a lot of love, doesn’t get a lot of attention. Pope John Paul, the first many of us are maybe dimly aware that he even exists. And if we know anything about him, it’s probably a handful of relatively superficial facts. Like for instance, he liked to smile sometimes
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