For centuries, many people believed a woman had once been pope and the tale of Pope Joan has had a recent resurgence. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore the origins of the story, its common details, its plausibility, and what the faith has to say about the possibility.
Links for this episode:
- “The Myth of Pope Joan” by Alain Boureau
- “The Legend of Pope Joan” by Peter Stanford (pro-Pope Joan)
- “The Afterlife of Pope Joan” by Craig Rustici
- Wikipedia on Pope Joan
- The Catholic Encyclopedia on Pope Joan
- Encyclopedia Britannica on Pope Joan
- Pope Joan Coins
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