The series so many listeners to The Popecast have been asking about and waiting for is back for Part Two.
Our pope this week, once again, is one of the finest men to ever grace the Chair of St. Peter. Ordained a priest in secret at the start of the Communist occupation of Poland, he was a bishop at 38, an archbishop at 44, and a cardinal at 47. Though he was gifted with a towering intellect and a love for academics, his greatest joy was spending time in the outdoors – canoeing, camping, and praying with his friends.
This is the story spanning Pope St. John Paul II's priesthood and tenure as bishop, archbishop, and cardinal in Poland.
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OTHER POPECAST LINKS
Support The Popecast: A History of the Papacy
The Pope Who Rescued St. Peter's Basilica from Collapse (Interview w/ Author Wayne Kalayjian)
The First “Pontifex Maximus” (St. Siricius)
Artificial Intelligence, Demonic Possession, and Visions of Mary (Interview w/ Sci-Fi Author Andrew Gillsmith)
The Pope Who Sent St. Patrick to Ireland (St. Celestine I)
The Other Pope Named John Paul: The BEATIFICATION CUT (Blessed John Paul I)
The Third Pope Ever (St. Cletus)
Keeping a Cool Head While Covering the Pope (An Interview w/ Timothy Nerozzi)
The "Pope" from Kansas (Pope Michael)
The Last Pope in History to NOT Change His Name (Marcellus II)
The Popecast Origin Story and Other Tales (Matt's Interview on Real Presence Radio)
The First Pope in History to Change His Name (John II)
The World's Largest Papal Artifacts Collection Outside of the Vatican (Interview with Fr. Richard Kunst)
The Pope Whose Corpse Was Put on Trial (Formosus)
The Pope Who Worked Miracles (St. Leo IX)
The Papacy & America's Founding (Interview w/ Dr. Michael Breidenbach)
The Obscure Pope Who Did Just Fine (Donus)
The Pope Who Renounced the Christian Faith...Or Did He? (St. Marcellinus)
The Pope Who Got a Bad Rap (John X)
Was Pope John Paul I Murdered? (An Interview w/ The Pillar's JD Flynn & Michelle La Rosa)
The Pope St. John Paul II Supercut
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