Shameless Popery

Joe does a deep dive into Pope Leo’s first apostolic exhortation, Dilexi Te. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery, I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I want to share with you some of the things that struck me about Pope Leo’s new apostolic exportation, dilexi te. Now, I want to say a couple of things at the outset. First, a little bit about what the document is. Second, a little...

Many of the faithful in the West are probably wondering whether or not Pope Leo is a liberal pope, given several recent headlines and the release of his first papal document Dilexi Te. Joe gives a thoughtful analysis on why this is the wrong way to look at it. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and Pope Leo just released his first magisterial document, Diel...

The new Archbishop of Canterbury is a woman, and this has caused a crisis in the Anglican Communion. Joe explains the possible outcomes. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and 17 people making up the Crown nominations commission for the Church of England might have made a decision that is going to result in an enormous global schism within the Anglican comm...

Joe tackles 3 of the supposed “contradictions” addressed by Redeemed Zoomer in his recent video. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer, and as many of you may already know, Redeemed Zoomer recently released a video where he laid out 14 examples of what he believed were Catholic contradictions. Four of them were claims that he made where the Catholi...

Joe explains how Trent changed his mind on what is the most important aspect of Mary’s Immaculate Conception and her lifelong sinlessness. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Hesschmeyer In February, 2024, Mark’s one of the greatest tragedies to befall mankind. I was wrong about something and worse, Trent Horn was right. Now, for context here, Trent Horn an...

Joe breaks down the “Islamic Dilemma,” a catch 22 where the Quran says to obey the Gospel and the Torah, but also contradicts both of these books on several major theological and historical points. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer, and as you probably know, Muslims believe the Quran is divinely revealed scripture and non-Muslims don’t be...

Cleave to Antiquity and Matthew Barrett have recently left Reformed theology for more Apostolic expressions of Christianity. Joe explores why this isn’t a new phenomenon. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I want to explore two maybe seemingly unrelated conversions today, neither of which interestingly are to Catholicism, but I think you’ll...

Joe shares what parts of Christianity he would emphasize in order to convince a trans person that Christianity is actually true. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I want to propose a challenge. How do we as Christians present the gospel to people who identify as transgendered? CLIP: You care about other human beings and you don’t want to see inju...

Joe breaks down a talk by J. Budziszewski on how Catholics can use the Natural Law to draw the truth out of people, without them even realizing it is there. This method has completely transformed how Joe approaches apologetics and evangelization. We strongly encourage you to watch the video for yourself and support the original release! Get the “cheat sheet” for the episode with all th...

Is there really an epidemic of hate against the trans community? Are delayed “gender affirming surgeries” leading to widespread trans suicides? Are we facing a trans “genocide”? Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I think one of the conversations we’re not doing really well on right now is this debate on transgenderism. CLIP: You cut that out now or you...

The tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk has shaken the nation, and highlights some horrible phenomena manifesting in our political landscape. Joe looks at some of the deeper problems and asks for all to pray for Charlie, his family and the shooter. Transcript: CLIP: I go around universities and have challenging conversations because that’s what is so important to our country is to find our...

Joe replies to “THE ROSARY || The SHOCKING TRUTH that most people don’t know…” by DLM Christian Lifestyle. He unpacks how a misreading a Scripture can lead to misunderstandings about the rosary. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe, Heschmeyer, and today I want to explore the rosary because the rosary is perhaps the most practiced Catholic devoti...

Joe responds to objections raised in a conversation between Vlad Savchuk, Isaiah Saldivar and Mike Signorelli about relics in the Catholic Church. Transcript: Joe: Even if the entire cross of Jesus was discovered intact, there would be no spiritual value to it. CLIP: I’ve never heard a Protestant just say, the cross is worthless like the cross. If you found it tomorrow fully intact and you k...

Joe examines the controversy over “thoughts and prayers” between the left and right, and shows through Church teaching what the correct response is in the aftermath of tragedy. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer, and in the aftermath of 19 school children being shot, two of them fatally while they attended a school mass at Enunciation Catholic C...

Some Protestants claim that Catholics have declared them “anathema,” which condemns Protestants to hell. But is this true? Joe dives deep to find out. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I want to cover a potentially sensitive topic today. This question of whether or not Catholics believe that all non-Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox and othe...

Joe explains why he wouldn’t convert to Eastern or Oriental Orthodoxy over Catholicism. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I spend a lot of time on this channel responding to objections raised against Catholicism by Protestant apologists or by non-Christians. And I think because of that a significant portion of my audience is actually Orthodox. No...

Are 9 out of 10 Catholics really leaving the Church, as many headlines say? Joe examines the study referenced in these articles and shows how it actually paints a much different picture… Transcript: JOE: Welcome back to Shameless Popery and I want to come back from vacation by addressing what sounds on the surface like horribly bad news. There was a story from Catholic News Agency saying nin...

Joe critiques William Lane Craig’s claims about early Christian disunity on the Eucharist, showing the evidence undermines Craig’s case.

If you’re looking for some fantastic books to add to your summer reading list, you’ve come to the right place! Joe interviews 11 Catholic creators and asked them which book changed their life. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery, I’m Joe Heschmeyer, and I’m actually here at the Catholic Creator Conference, and I was thinking as we get near to the end of summer...

Joe weighs in on the latest back and forth between William Lane Craig and Gavin Ortlund. In this episode, Joe tests Dr. Craig’s biblical arguments against the real presence of the Eucharist. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer, and I think that two of the Protestants doing the most interesting things online right now are Dr. William Lane Craig and Dr....

Joe has a chat with Brayden from The Catechumen and Adrian from Sips with Serra whether Protestants partake in worship. If Protestants separate themselves from the Eucharistic sacrifice, how can they partake in worship? Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I’m here at the Catholic Creators Conference with Adrian from Sips with Serra and Brayden from...

Joe breaks down Mormon teaching on never worshiping or praying to Jesus. Yes, you read that correctly… Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer. So should Christians worship Jesus and should we pray to him, those questions might seem obvious. Anybody calling themselves Christian or they might not. They might be things you’ve wondered yourself as you c...

Joe breaks down the 8 Daughters of Lust as described by St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Gregory the Great. Transcript:   ...

RuslanKD is a very respected YouTuber in the Evangelical space, and recently he made a video explaining why he wasn’t Catholic or Orthodox. Joe responds to his video explaining why he SHOULD BE CATHOLIC! Transcript:   ...

Joe gives advice to Catholics on how to respond to scandal in the Church, in light of recent allegations brought forward against Alex Jurado. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and today I think it’s important to talk about some of the allegations involving Alex Jurado better known online as voice of reason. Now, I hate internet drama and I don’...