Popes on Parade: Top 10 Best Popes

This list is completely subjective. Despite numerous hours of work here at Popes on Parade, toiling over sanctity ratings and effectiveness ratios, we still haven't perfected

 

Rank	Pope	Dates	Notes
1	Saint Peter	circa 32-67	What can we say? Peter sets the bar by which all other Popes are measured. Born a poor fisherman in Galillee, he was chosen by the living incarnation of God to lead his Church. We find ourselves unable to argue with the choice.
2	St. Gregory I, the Great	590-604	notes
3	St. Leo I, the Great	440-461	notes
4	Innocent III	1198-1216	notes
5	John Paul II, the Great	1978-2005	notes
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