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?

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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

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