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- 6 days ago
#285 REBUTTAL: “Why I Don’t Accept The Papacy” (MEGA EPISODE)
Joe is joined by Brayden Cook of The Catechumen to examine the arguments made by Testify Apologetics in his video “Why I Don’t Accept The Papacy.” Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I am joined today by Catholic Answers newest apologist, Brayden Cook, to respond to a recent video the channel Testify made where the guy behind the testifier explains why he’s not Catholic. So Braden, you were the one who brought this video to my attention. What drew you to it and made you think that we ought to respond to it? Brayden: Yeah. Than...
- 1 weeks ago
#284 Responding To The “Fatima Nettles” Controversy
Joe responds to the claims online that the Fatima children and apparitions promote self-harm. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I want to talk about something that has been nettling me lately. After Ethan Muse converted from atheism to Catholicism, a conversion due in no small part due to the evidence of Catholic miracles, he got into a debate with Sean Luke on the Channel Capturing Christianity about whether Our Lady of Fatima really was Mary miraculously appearing or whether it was, as Sean claimed, actually a demon. Now I’m going to link to...
- 2 weeks ago
#283 Historical Proof Relics Are Anti-Pagan (and very Christian)
Joe responds to the interesting discourse surrounding showcasing of St. Agatha’s relics (her skull) recently. He demonstrates that relics are not only NOT pagan, but are both Scripturally and historically Christian. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I wanted to talk about the weird and maybe even creepy side of Catholicism, relics. Now, a brief video clip from the Festival of Saint Agatha, which the bishop displays the skull of Saint Agatha and then places it in a gold reliquary, creeped out a lot of non-Catholics recently, and even some Cath...
- 3 weeks ago
#282 Are Annulments Just Catholic Divorce?
Joe examines the practice of Catholic Annulments and examines whether it’s just divorce under another name. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer. And today I want to explore a question that many people have. For a great number of people, the chief difficulty they have in embracing Catholicism isn’t about a major theological controversy or a doctrinal issue so much as it is a case involving the complicated issues of marriage and relationships in their own life. Because it’s not uncommon that when people are looking into the Catholic churc...
- Aug 18, 2026
#281 Does Studying Aquinas Inevitably Make You Catholic? (Conversation with Ryan Hurd)
Joe talks with Ryan Hurd who recently converted from Protestantism to the Catholic Faith, how studying Thomas Aquinas led him across the Tiber, and how this could be becoming something of a meme… Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I saw a fascinating discussion between three Baptists about people studying Thomas Aquinas and becoming Catholic. And I though a great person to talk about that whole concept with would be Ryan Hurd, a Protestant domestic scholar who recently became Catholic. So first of all, Ryan, thank you so much for coming on. Co...
- Aug 11, 2026
#280 When Church Fathers Get Something Wrong
Joe examines St. Irenaeus’ claim that Jesus was around 50 years old when he died, how Protestants use this to try to discredit tradition, and how Catholics should respond. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer. And one of the arguments you’ll sometimes hear against tradition is that we can’t trust that the church fathers got tradition right. And there’s actually one particular moment that gets used a lot as an example to try to prove that point, that Saint Irenaeus allegedly got Jesus’ age wrong. The Bible answerman, Hank Hani...
- Aug 4, 2026
#279 The New Covenant Argument Against Baptist Theology
Joe examines the Baptist position that babies cannot be baptized, and how this clashes with the Old Covenant that they seem to accept. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heshmeyer, and I want to share with you today an argument that is simple and effective at showing why Baptists are wrong, not only on baptism, but also on the Eucharist. The argument is straightforward enough that I think you can learn it very easily, but I want to get a little more into the weeds and prepare you for some background you might want to know or some arguments to expect in response an...
- Jul 28, 2026
#278 Will Rejecting Marian Dogmas Send You To Hell?
Joe examines Protestant worries about overstating doctrine that is necessary for salvation, specifically Marian dogmas. On the surface it seems like a perfectly logical concern, but Joe takes the time to demonstrate why they are necessary. Read Pope Pius XI’s encyclical on one of the Marian Dogmas here: https://www.papalencyclicals.net/pius11/p11verit.htm Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heshmeyer, and today I want to look at a particular objection to the church’s teachings about Mary, what are called the Marian dogmas that we often don’t talk ...
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