In this episode, Joe discusses the historic election of Robert Francis Prevost as Pope Leo XIV, the first US-born pope, and explores his multicultural background, political activism, and alignment with Pope Francis' vision. Joe delves into the implications of Leo XIV's election on global politics, social justice, and the Catholic Church's future, highlighting his focus on inclusivity, environmental activism, and social justice.
Joe also touches on the internal divisions within the Catholic Church, the challenges Pope Leo XIV faces, and the potential impact of his leadership on global issues. The episode includes a critique of political figures and policies, with Joe sharing his insights on the intersection of religion and politics. Additionally, Joe addresses listener engagement, encouraging feedback and support through his website, and discusses the importance of community involvement in shaping the podcast's direction.
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Wonderful. Absolutely wonderful. I did a little different tonight. I, I put a little extra in there. I wanted a little bit more of a kick, and, that was good. That was really, really good. Alright. Well, I think it's time to get into our stuff for the day. Alright. Well, you know what happened yesterday. Something pretty big. Well, big if you're Catholic. Not not necessarily for me. I'm not a Roman Catholic. You know, if there's anything wrong with being a Roman Catholic, well, I don't know. We'll we'll we'll let let the Lord decide that one. But, no. I'm just teasing. I'm teasing, of course.
But, but, yesterday, the, the College of Cardinals, the Collegium, as they call it, they voted for a new pope to replace pope Francis who passed away last week. And his funeral was this past weekend, and then on Monday, they held their the first conclave for, to to, to elect his, successor. So, you know, the usual deal, you know, the black smoke, first few days. It actually went faster than I thought it would, to be quite honest with you. I I I was expecting it to to take a little bit longer, But, but but yesterday, they, the white smoke was seen coming out of the, out of the chimney over at, at the Vatican.
And, well, that meant that the 1,400,000,000 Catholics in the world have a new pope, a new head of its head of their church. Alright. Now, let's see. So, Robert Francis Prevost was elected the two hundred sixty seventh pope of the Catholic church, yesterday. And, the interesting thing about it is that, or the historic thing about it is that is that this is the first US born, pope to be elected, in the history of the of the, Roman church. Now, of course, you know, the Roman church has been around a lot longer than the Catholic than than The United States, so, you know, you'd expect that. But, in the two hundred fifty years of the existence of The United States, this is the first American born pope of Rome.
He's also the first from the order of the saint of, of Saint Augustine, and, we'll we'll get into, you know, what that means a little bit later on into the, into the discussion here. So he also then selected the name of, Leo the fourteenth. So 13 before him, 14 now, and, again, we'll kinda, you know, get into that the rationale behind that, why he selected that, and, as we go through. But, but, yes, folks, you have a new pope. And and there he is up there on the on the well, that side. Here you go. Everything is backward. I I forget. So there he is. Right there. Right? Right. I'm looking at the monitor.
Yep. There he is. Alright. And that was, that was yesterday when he was delivering his, his first remarks as the newly elected, pope. So who is this guy? That's the that's the big question. Like I said, it it's for me, you know, doctrinally, theologically, religiously, if you wanna use the term, it really doesn't affect me personally because, again, I'm not Catholic. So, it, again, it it doesn't you know, religiously doesn't affect me. But what does affect me, though, is his politics. And, and and much like his predecessor, how his politics and his rhetoric and the things that, that he spoke on affected, you know, our lives, because of the, political backing behind it.
You know, we we we wanna know who this who this person is. So, so again, Robert Francis Prevost. He was born 09/14/1955 in Bronzeville, in, Chicago, Illinois. Alright. So props to the folks over in Chicago. You know, I'm sure you guys are pretty happy about that. But, but, he, that that's where he's from. That's that's that's, his place of origin. You know, I love those origin stories, like, in the comic books and and things, so that's kinda like what this is. But, and, he was also raised nearby, in the neighborhood of, in the suburb of Dalton, Illinois.
His parents his parents were Louise I'm sorry. Louis Marius Provost, who was a, a US Navy Veteran, of World War two, superintendent of the, Brockwood Brookwood School District in Glenwood, Illinois. He he hailed from French and Italian descent, and his mother, Mildred Martinez Provost, was a librarian with a degree from DePaul University of Spanish, French, and African descent. Her parents were, Louisiana Creoles, and her father, Joseph Martinez, was of a mixed Afro Haitian descent from the Dominican Republic. Now, Robert Provost Provost has, two brothers, two older brothers, Louis, who is a who is a veteran, military veteran, lives in Florida, and, John, who is a retired Catholic school principal.
And, of course, as expected, his parents were devout Roman Catholics active in the church at, Saint Mary of the Assumption Parish, and, they were they were a family of musicians, altar boys, and, the church calls them lectors. Alright? Now, now one of the one of the reasons I think that that Provost was selected elected as, as the next pope is because probably because of his background. He's multicultural, French, Italian, Spanish, and Creole. He holds, dual citizenship, in The United States and with, Peru. And, he spent a considerable amount of time in his ministry, in South America.
He has, immigrant family roots. His grandparents were were legal immigrants and, and, has a, had a deep connection to global Catholicism. Growing up, you know, just like any other kid, grew up, you know, being called Bob or Rob to his friends and family. Provost, very, very early on in his in his life showed an inclination toward the priesthood. His brother John said that, as a child, while other kids played war or or or house, Robert wanted to play priest. It's kinda weird. Right? Nah. Not really. When I was a kid, I took those, you know, and and when I was in grade school, they had those, you know, career counselors. Now, first of all, at fifth grade, fourth grade, how do you know what you wanna do for the rest of your life? I mean, come on. Right? But they did these little tests and things like that. And and one of the things that, that they said I had an aptitude for was, pastoral work.
So and strangely enough, not not too far off, you know, I I did I did serve some time as a as an associate pastor of a of a small independent Baptist church, up in New York, and, I've taught bible for many years. I've done bible studies. I've I've filled the pulpit. I've traveled teaching bible preaching, from place to place. I've done street preaching. I've done all that stuff. And, it's all good stuff too to do. I mean, it's very important to do. But, so I guess, you know, in a way, you know, I'm kinda contradicting myself there for a second, but you get what I'm saying. It's it's it's it's not you it's not the norm.
Okay? Like, I had another friend who who tested that who took that aptitude test and said that, he wouldn't do any better than being a sanitation worker, which there's nothing wrong with being a sanitation worker. Trust me. I I I plenty of my friends are, are are sanitation workers up in New York and, you know, they they do remarkably well in their life. They're very happy and, you know, it's a great job, it's a great career, and, you know, the benefits are great, salary is great, especially in a place like New York. So, nothing wrong with that whatsoever.
But, you know, they ended up one of them ended up actually, becoming a doctor. You know? So, you know, you really can't gauge your life on those things. But, but Robert here, Robert Prebost, he wanted to be a priest. And, an interesting note that I came across here is, that, neighbors even said as a child that he would someday grow up to be as pope as early, to be a pope as early as the first grade. He served, obviously, as an altar boy and was described as super smart and super quiet, by some childhood friends. Now his background his educational background is, is is what you would basically expect. You know, early childhood, he went to he attended Catholic schools in the in the Chicago area.
His family was extremely religious, very pious, and, and, he he had a definite intellectual aptitude, for, for school, and it was very, very evident. For undergraduate school, he went to a Catholic university, Villanova University, which we're I'm sure we've all heard of. It was an Augustinian Catholic, inst I mean, I'm sorry. Villanova is an Augustinian Catholic institution, and, and if you don't know, that's in Pennsylvania. And, he graduated in, 1977 with a with a bachelor's of science in in math mathematics. Gotta give him credit for that. I'm I am not good in math whatsoever. So, then, of course, after undergraduate school, he went through, theological training. He he he, pursued his theological studies at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.
He earned his degree in 1982. And then, he also studied at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas Angelicum in Rome, where he, later earned his doctorate degree in Canon Law. He's he's fluent in in English, Spanish, Italian, French, and Portuguese, and he can read Latin and German, and, which, of course, you know, probably aided him in his, in his global outreach, his global ministry. And then, you know, when he finished all his schooling, his we I I looked over his, ecclesiastical background. Like, what what did he do after school? Well, the order of Saint Augustine, he's a member.
He entered the, novitiate of the Order of Saint Augustine in Saint Louis in 1977. He took his vows in 1982. The, the Augustines formed the thirteenth, the Augustinians were formed in the in the thirteenth century. They they emphasize, poverty, service, and, evangelization. Alright. Nothing nothing crazy about that. Nothing wrong with that whatsoever. He's the first Augustinian friar to, become pope, even though there were six interesting number. There were six prior popes, that followed the the rule of Saint Augustine, although they weren't part of the Augustinian, the Augustinian order.
He's he did missionary and work he did missionary work in Peru, from 1985 to 1998. He arrived in Peru in 1985. He served as a missionary in the, in the Chulacanas from 1985 to 1986, and then later as a chancellor from, 1988 to 1998. He headed the Augustinian Seminary in Trujillo. He taught canon law, patristics, and moral law. He served as a parish pastor and a diocesan official. His work also included, while he's in Peru, wading through the mud to aid to to aid flood victims in in 02/2022 and earned him a reputation as a humble, dedicated missionary.
He became a Peruvian citizen around that period of time. So, you know, a lot of good work he did, but that's typical in the Catholic church. You know, you do a lot of good works because Catholic theology is you have to earn your salvation. You have to earn your place in heaven. You have to, work to earn the eternal rewards. And then, in 02/2001 to 02/2013, he served as the prior general of the order of Saint Augustine overseeing its global operations. You see, that's the thing you gotta you you you look for in in these things too, the word global. Alright? The the there's a lot of globalists, a lot of globalism in in the Roman Catholic church because it is not just a church, a religious denomination.
It's also a political entity, and it has, it has positions on the global stage. That's why that's why countries have ambassadors to The Vatican. The Vatican is its own city. The Vatican, like I said, hosts ambassadors from around the world, including, a United States Ambassador. So why would a church or strictly a church have ambassadors? Well, because it's more than just a church. It is a it is a political entity. Okay? So, you can look at a pope as basically being a king. You know? And I'm not saying that to be disrespectful or anything like that. I'm just trying to draw a parallel there so we could, you know, kinda see fig you know, see where we are with this. So a pope is basically a king. It is the, it is the it is what the old Roman Empire became.
Okay? Now that's a that's a loaded statement that we'll have to unpack at some point, or, maybe I'll go into the archives and pull out one of the old podcasts that I did where I talked about that extensively, okay, on the on the, bible study podcast that I that I I had done. So, so this isn't like, you know, understanding what the Roman church is is not something that's that, you know, I I just pick up from reading some online stuff. I've studied this for years. Okay? I'm not patting myself on the back. I'm not saying I'm some great expert on these things. You know, I I I do have some errors in my opinions from time to time, you know, about this.
So, you know, I guess I'm not patting myself on the back. I'm not some great authority on it, but I do know what I'm talking about for most of it anyway. So, again, it's a it's a it's a religious political animal. Alright? So so, where were we? Okay. So, leadership in the Augustinian order. Episcopal roles in Peru in 02/2014. Pope Francis appointed him, bishop of Chikaleo, Peru. He was promoted to archbishop in February, and, his tenure focused on pastoral care and social outreach. Alright. That's another thing that we need to pay attention to.
Alright? So you have global, globalism, and social outreach. And you'll understand why when we come to it. You'll you'll catch it. Alright. Now in, now he had he had some Vatican roles. He had some roles in the Vatican prior to becoming, Leo the fourteenth. In February, pope Francis called provost to the Vatican as prefect of the dicastery for bishops. He loved their titles. That's one thing about the upper up the upper echelons of the Catholic church, and they love their titles. They love all of these things because it's, again, it's a political beast. Alright?
The dicastery for bishops is which is a powerful role that oversaw, the selection and supervision of over 5,000 bishops worldwide. He also became president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. And on February, pope Francis made him a cardinal. And then in February 2025, he was promoted to the order of bishops with the sub the subarborcanian Sea Of Albano. I have that's a new one for me. I'm gonna have to spend some time researching that one, but, yeah, I struggled with that even when I was putting all this together. So I, you know, I just didn't have time to really dig into that one, today. It has been a crazy, crazy day.
So, now, of course, all of that all of that leadership and, posit all those leadership positions that he was placed into at that time, of course, you know, they became, foundational and, of course, elevated his profile, as a candidate for the papacy. Right? Then, of course, now in 02/2025 at this at this recent papal conclave, following pope Francis's death, a 33 cardinals convened in the Sistine Chapel. And, on May 8, after four ballots, Prevost was elected with at least two thirds of a majority, so he needed 89 votes. Alright.
Cardinal Dominique Monberti announced Habemus Papam from Saint Pillar Saint Peter's Basilica proclaiming provost as pope Leo the fourteenth. Alright. Now, provost, like I said before, you know, there was a reason why he picked Leo the fourteenth. Now he chose Leo the fourteenth as, as an acknowledgment of, Leo the thirteenth, who served from 1878 to nineteen o two, o three, somewhere around there. And, and Leo the thirteenth was known for his, encyclical called Rerum Novarum, which basically laid the foundation for, the modern social Catholic teachings.
And, and and then and he also probably it's also probably a nod to, po to, Leo the first who served in, from April to April. And, Leo the first is is known for, persuading Attila the Hun not to attack Rome. So, so, basically, you know, the long and short of the story is this, is that the name shows his commitment to to social justice and engagement with, with modernity. Alright? Now on his first appearance at the balcony at, Saint Peter's Basilica, he wore the, of course, the, traditional, he wore the traditional red mozzetta, unlike Francis, and he spoke in Italian and Spanish, not English. And he did that to to to basically to emphasize his his global identity. His first words were peace be with you, and, those words echoed Christ's post resurrection greeting.
Alright? So those are the so in other words, those were the when when Christ showed himself to his disciples in the upper room, The first thing he said when he appeared in their midst was, peace be with you or peace be unto you. He also called for a missionary church that builds bridges and welcomes all, and then he referenced Francis's Easter blessing and prayed for peace. Alright. So that's just some background up until the point of his, his election into the papacy. Alright? Now, this is where we're gonna get to some stuff. This so this is the theological and the, and and the social positions that that, Leo the fourteenth or or Robert Prevost, follows. Alright? So, basically, there there's continuity here with Pope Francis.
Alright. Provost is seen as a moderate. Alright? But as a moderate that's aligned with with pope Francis's priorities, like social justice, inclusivity, environmental stewardship, outreach to the poor, and migrants. His his first his first speech emphasized, a collaborative church governance. What are the what's the word for that? It's synodality or something along those lines. I might be wrong. If you know, drop a comment. Let me know. He also, he also emphasized peace and dialogue. Alright? And then along the lines of social justice, like we said before, the choice of his name, Leo, and his Episcopal motto, which is, which means in Christ who is one, we are one.
It reflects, a focus. I guess, yeah, I guess you can use the word focus on so on on on on on unity and social issues. Over the years, he's supported workers' rights, fair pay, and, environmental action. He's called for a a relationship of reciprocity with nature in 02/2024, which is which is really very interesting too, because it kinda goes along with something that that, like a pet a pet theology of mine. And, again, I wouldn't I I would never put this out as a, as a matter of doctrine. Like, I wouldn't say that this is, you know, this is definitely, you know, the end all be all answer to the question of, you know, because, where I'm getting at is, in the last days when when, Antichrist takes over.
Alright? There's gonna be the one world government, which we already see the foundations for. Alright? You have the United Nations, and there's more and more of a push for globalism. There's more and more of a push for that one world order. Alright? You think of, the World Health Organization, the World Economic Forum. You think of, again, the United Nations. And, you you know, you look at all the global initiatives that are taking place. You have the, what is that? The, the the World Bank, I guess, you would call it. The for some reason, the name is just not sticking in my head. But, so so you have all of that in place already. Alright? Now it's just waiting for the for the the quote, unquote right person to come along to actually put it all together and lead it. Alright? So you have the the push for globalism, the one world government.
You have a push for a one world currency, which if you look at the, the digital currencies, like like there's like Bitcoin and, the, even the US government is is playing around with, cryptocurrencies now. They're they're gonna they're looking to establish a, a federal, cryptocurrency, and, which is scary, which is really scary when you think about it. So the groundwork is in place already. Alright? So right now, like, things like Bitcoin and Texacoin and and, you know, the other cryptocurrencies that are out there that are not backed by governments, you know, they're basically they're decentralized. So nobody can, like, flip the switch, cut it off, and and, you know, and deprive you of of what you have. Whereas a a a digital currency that's backed by the government, look, if you don't that they they don't like what you're saying, they can flip that switch, and they can take funds from you. They could reward you if you tow the line, and and you you you you spew out the party rhetoric, and and they approve of of the message that you're sending out. You know, so so that's the that that's the one world system. And then there's the one world religion.
Okay? And these again, these are these are the things that we are to expect. This is what the Bible teaches. This is, you know, what prophecy tells us is coming down the road. So you have the one world government, the one world currency, and then you're gonna have the one world religion. And that's where this this comes in where we talk about the, the reciprocity a relationship of reciprocity with nature and, all of this environmental, you know, the extreme environmental stuff. Look, I I'm a conservative. I do believe that, you know, we should take care of what we have been given.
You know, God has blessed us with a beautiful world to live in, with plenty of resources. We're to use those resources. We're just we're to use them responsibly. So but we're not, you know, to the point where, you know, it it harms us, you know, to where, you know, we have these environmental wackos running around throwing cans of tomato soup on on, you know, priceless pieces of art or gluing themselves to this to the pavement to block traffic from you know, not that. That's that's stupid. Alright? That's just that's just stupidity. We should be cons we should be responsible for the things that we have. We should be responsible, but we are to use them.
Alright? So anyway, I'm getting off another subject. So at any rate, I've always felt that the one world religion is going to be something related to the environment. Now I could be wrong. You know? Some people think that that, the one world religion is gonna be some kind of a a mashup of Islam and Catholicism. It could be. It could be a combination of all three, But I do believe that that somewhere in in that one world religion, it's gonna be that call to to to, those new age religions like, you know, worshiping the earth and Gaia and or Gaia, whatever they call it. So I I that's an element of it. And I think that you see things like this, especially coming up now in the Catholic church, where you have leadership talking about things like this relationship with, of reciprocity with nature.
That's why I think that way, because I see things like that, and I think, well, you know, I got that that the the crazy side of the environmental movements and and so on and so forth. So that's what I see, and that's, you know, my impression of what's coming down the road. Alright. So, like Francis, provost, prioritizes outreach to migrants and the marginalized. His his social media activity as a cardinal has, has criticized US immigration policies under president Trump and vice president JD Vance, and, and, JD Vance's views on religion and supported Black Lives Matter, and he also supported COVID nineteen vaccines. As a matter of fact, this is this is from, a post that, provost put up there, talking about religion and immigration.
So, you know, so he had he does have some some, divergent opinions on immigration policy and and whatnot from what the Trump administration has has. Let's see. What else? And, again, you know, he supported, he supports Black Lives Matter. Also, you know, was supportive of the COVID nineteen. See, I don't wanna call it vaccines because it's not a vaccine. It's a gene therapy. But, but he was he was a proponent of that. Provost also supported Francis's, 2023 decision to include three women in the for for bishops, noting that their perspectives enrich decision making. But but this is where he kinda diverges from it. He opposes ordaining women as deacons, arguing it could it could create new issues without solving already existing ones. Alright? Now, also, this is where it gets a little bit less clear. His his his views on the, on the LGBTQIA plus 30 other letters that I have no idea what they are anymore.
His positions on that are are a lot less clear. Now he supported Francis' declaration allowing blessings for same sex couples and, and and those in, as he put it, quote, irregular situations, but emphasized that bishops have to or or must, actually, is the word that was used, must adapt such directives to local context suggesting a cautious approach. Some conservative groups believe that he's less supportive, than Francis was. Now this is another issue as well. Alright. Prevost faced allegations of, you you know, all these sexual abuse scandals that plague the Roman church. He he himself has has not been accused of of that, but what he did do was, or at least it's alleged that he failed to act against the priest accused of sexual abuse in Chicago and in Peru.
In, in Chicago in 2023, a settlement, was reached that involved a priest under Provost's leadership, and in Peru, his diocese denied cover up allegations. He was cleared of any wrongdoing in both cases, but advocacy groups like SNAP, and others expressed concern about his election. In his first homily, as Leo the fourteenth, he warned against prioritizing technology, money, success, power, or pleasure over faith, urging the church to light, because, quote, light the dark nights of this world. Alright? Now that's not necessarily a bad position at all. You know? I think that's that's a good direction for for any church to go in.
Let's see what else. Personality wise, he's described as pretty down to earth, reserved, outgoing, which kinda weird when you say that. Right? You know, you're you're you're you're down to earth and reserved, but you're also outgoing. That doesn't jive too well, and almost timid. Prevost is known for humility and mediation skills that he developed while he was in Peru. Reverend James Martin called him a very kind man, and his his former roommate, John Liddon, praised his concern for the poor. This this sounds more like a dating site here, you know, his hobbies. Robert's an amateur tennis player and, you know, and he he enjoys reading and music, and he's a fan of Chicago White Sox.
He's attended, the two thousand five World Series, for the for the White Sox, and, he's a fan of Peru's Alianza Lima Football Club. Now his brother John said that, that, that Leo is not an American pope. Now catch this. He's not an American pope. He's a global one shaped by his Peruvian experience and Vatican roles. So there's that word global again. Of course, we don't expect him you know, I mean, Catholics are spread around the world. Yes. But that's not what he means. Alright? That's not what he means. What he's talking about is politically. Politically.
So some historic, significance of his papacy already, first US born pope, as we said earlier, first Peruvian citizen, and the first Augustinian friar. He's the second pope from The Americas after Francis, because Francis was from Argentina, if you remember. His election challenges the formal the informal taboo against an American pope, due to US geopolitical influence, which is kind of ironic. Now, obviously, there's a lot of things going on in the world right now that, a lot of conflict. Right? You have you have Israel and and and Hamas, still going at it. You have, you have the Assad regime overthrown in in Syria.
You had, you have the this conflict going on right now with, with Russia and Ukraine and and now India and Pakistan. So, he he was he was elected to office here, you know, in the middle of numerous numerous global conflicts, numerous humanitarian crises. And, of course, right here at home, you're talking about, you know, political division. Right? I mean, I don't think that The United States has been as divided politically as it is right now, ever. I think this is the worst that I've ever seen it. But his call for peace and bridge building kind of puts him in the position of a mediator. So that that that's the role that he's looking to achieve with this.
His Peruvian ties, Latin American experience make him a a bridge between the the the global North and the global South. As a Francis appointee, as, one of the 100 because Francis appointed a hundred and eight cardinals. As, Francis appointee, Leo is expected to to to continue his predecessor's reforms, focusing, of course, on, synodality, social justice, and inclusivity inclusivity. Alright. So there you have social justice, the inclusivity. You're talking, like, DEI stuff. Alright. However, his traditional attire and moderate stance suggest a balance between continuity and a distant approach.
Not so sure. His election, of course, you know, was exciting, to say the least, for for Americans. Donald Trump had a few, had a few remarks about that, talking about what it it was a great honor to have an American born, pope. And, of course, Peruvian Catholics were were thrilled to have a a a citizen of Peru as, you know, elected as pope, and, you know, world leaders, including, you know, Donald Trump. And as a matter of fact, I think Donald Trump said today that the the Vatican has already reached out to, schedule a a meeting between, Leo and and president Trump.
But, even even though there were a string of, you know, the congratulatory comments and remarks and and and such from, again, Donald Trump and Canadian prime minister Carney and and and others, there were some. Like, for example, a Rome based American named, Rebecca Tabiani. She had some concern about The US's global influence. So, I I guess, they they kinda concern they're kinda concerned about, you know, you know, if he's an American born, is he gonna, you know, side on on is he gonna is he gonna push America's agenda for America, which I I highly doubt?
Their allegiance is to the Vatican. Okay? I I don't think I I don't see that as a problem. Personally speaking, and and, you know, I've seen this in other places, you know, a lot of critics, especially on social media, you know, label him as a as a as a liberal or Marxist. And, I I if he if he's following Francis in any way as as a as a true successor to Francis, I I see him more on that liberal Marxist side. You know, don't don't misunderstand. Francis was a Marxist. Alright? What I'm curious about though is when it comes to this immigration and the illegal immigration that The United States has has has really gotten under control at this point here, especially at our southern border. You know, it's 99.999% closed right now. So, which is fantastic.
You know? And, it's incredible how, you know, Biden went on to, The View and was talking about how Donald Trump prevented some new legislation get through in order to make Joe Biden look bad. But Donald Trump is using existing legislation, existing law to close the border and is incredibly successful with it, which means you didn't need to have new legislation. Right? And and not to parrot what what Donald Trump said at at the joint session of congress congress back in February, you know, it turned out you needed a new president. True. Agreed. Absolutely.
But the fact of the matter is you don't the legislation that the that the Biden administration was putting through, didn't really address any of the issues on on The US border. It it gave money to Ukraine and to other countries, Israel, and and a number of other countries for their borders. So it didn't need legislation, and legislation that the Biden administration was gonna put through would have been ineffective. You needed a president willing to enforce the existing laws and the existing, immigration control procedures that are in place already.
And that's why we have a 99.999 closed border compared to the Biden administration. So, alright. But let's get back to, let's get back to, our buddy over here, Pope Francis Pope Pope Leo. So church divisions, some of the challenges that he's gonna be facing. Now Leo does inherit a church that's divided over a lot of a lot of issues. It's divided over women's roles in ministry, which really shouldn't be. There shouldn't be any debate about that whatsoever. If you take a conservative stance and a conservative view of and a a literal view of the scripture, you understand that that a that a woman cannot be a pastor.
A woman cannot be a deacon. Okay? And that's not to say that that women's women aren't important in the church. Of course, they are. They absolutely are. But they can't serve in leadership in the church as far as the pastoral ministries or the or as a deacon. So and, you know, if you have a problem with that, that you know, don't take it up with me. Take it up with with with God because he's the one who said it. So, so he inherits he inherits a church that's divided on those issues. He he inherits a church that's divided on l g p LGBTQ, you know, inclusion and, and he also all the clerical abuse that takes place in within the Catholic church and has taken place in the Catholic church.
Maybe the moderate stance that he has is is, or or it's alleged that he has will help, you know, kinda bring all of that together. But in doing that, it kinda risks alienating alienating both, you know, the the more liberal progressive side and the and the more traditional conservative side in the Catholic church. And believe me, there's there's a very large conservative traditional side in the Catholic church. Yeah. I'm talking about folks that that that want the Latin mass. You know, that's pretty conservative right there or traditional.
And look, I'm I'm again, I'm not Catholic. Alright? But I've studied the Catholic church. I came out of the Catholic church. I am a blood bought, born again, bible believing, pulpit pounding, King James bible believing, independent Baptist. It's a lot. I know. But more important part of it is is I'm not Catholic. Okay. Well, for me anyway, that's the more important thing. Let's see. What else are the challenges he has? He has to deal with, so you have church divisions that he has to deal with, all of the abuse scandals, you know, talking about all these allegations, you know, ensuring accountability, and and, you know, all of that's gonna be important for him to do. That's gonna be critical for him to do, you know, given the past controversies that that have come up.
And, again, the global role that he has. Remember what I said earlier when we first started the conversation here. 1,400,000,000 Catholics in the world. Alright? That's one port 1,400,000,000 Catholics in a very polarized world that he has to navigate his way through. All of all of the, the geopolitical tensions, you know, you know, addressing issues like like the the the nonissue of climate change, the technological issues, you know, and has to work his way through all of that while attempting to maintain the church's moral authority.
So it was a lot. You know, there's a lot of stuff there. We we've been talking about this now for almost an hour. Alright. Well, yeah, almost an hour. We'll say we'll just round it. I know I started a little bit late tonight, but, so so, basically, just to kinda summarize what we were just talking about. So you have pope Leo the fourteenth, again, born Robert Francis Prevost. He has American roots, Peruvian experience, Vatican expertise, to the papacy. He was elected, with more than two thirds of a vote. The the the college of cardinals, multicultural in his background.
He had, or has a missionary zeal and, his his alignment with pope Francis, and and and Francis' vision put him position him in, as a as a a global leader focused on peace, social justice, and inclusivity. Alright? Social justice and inclusivity. I like the peace part. You know, the peace is nice. It's that social justice that bothers me. It's the it's that inclusivity thing that bothers me because it's not talking about inclusivity and justice as you and I as as rational thinking people understand inclusivity and and social justice. You're talking about alternative lifestyles as inclusivity, you know, you know, removing traditional firewalls and and allowing, for for for gay marriage. You're allowing for, you know, women in the ministry and and so on and so forth. You know? So that that's gonna be problematic, especially with the especially with the conservative traditionalist Catholics.
Let's see. What do I wanna I'm gonna skip on this. Alright. So let's talk a little bit about his political activism. Alright. I'm gonna pass over a couple of things here because we already kinda talked about it already. Again, centered on social justice, particularly immigration and racial equality. He's used social media like x, to criticize US immigration policies, to support marginalized groups, advocate for, environmental and workers' rights, which, of course, again, aligned with, Francis' vision. Now, in a in a post on 04/14/2024 about the, deportation of Gilmore Obregon Garcia, we spent a lot of time talking about that.
He, he questioned the morality of it. So he criticized the Trump administration for deportation policies saying that there were more out morality issues with it. Okay. Well, here's the thing. The Vatican is surrounded by 80 foot to over a hundred foot walls. The Vatican has the strictest immigration policies in the world. In this great migration that took place under the Biden administration remember remember, it didn't it wasn't only here. It wasn't only in The United States that you had this rush of immigrate of, of illegal immigration. It was worldwide. European countries have been flooded because of open borders with illegal migration.
I mean, just take a look what happened to Great Britain. Great Britain is no longer Great Britain. Great Britain is becoming more and more of, of a, an Islamic country. As a matter of fact, I I I read something today, and I didn't think to pull it because I would I think I was gonna talk about it. But read something today that that, that that that people can now go to jail for criticizing Islam in Great Britain. You have a Muslim mayor in London. You have Muslim you have I I I the article said there were, like, five major city five major cities have Muslim and Islamic, mayors.
And don't you think that that's coming here? Don't you think that that's the plan? You know? So but the the Vatican didn't take in any migrants. None whatsoever. And I was critical of Pope Francis when when when I started this show, talking about that very thing, that it's easy for him sitting behind the high walls to tell The US, to tell other countries around the world that they should, demonstrate God's love by welcoming in these migrants, and I say quotes, migrants into their countries, while The Vatican, a country end of its own, didn't take any.
None. Goose eggs. Big zeros. None. So I'm curious if Leo the fourteenth, since he is so in favor of this migration, would be willing to open up the gates and the walls of the Vatican and allow migrants to pour through the gates unchecked. Just wonder. I'm just throwing it out there. In, in May 2020, he posted on social media about George Floyd's death calling for church leaders to reject racism and seek justice reflecting his commitment to racial equality or racial equity. Excuse me. Not equality. Remember, equity, equality are two different things. Two different things.
Equity is a Marxist doctrine. Equity is bringing everybody to the same level. Okay? That's not equality. That's equity. And that's what Marxism does. That's what socialism does. It makes everybody equally miserable. And I'm not gonna get into the whole George Floyd stuff because sorry. I'm not gonna get into the whole George Floyd stuff because it's just we're way over we're overtime already on this. He also supported environmental initiatives initiatives, workers' rights emphasizing a relationship reciprocity with nature as we already discussed. And, of course, that that's consistent with his, you know, social justice advocacy.
He he was he was he's been very critical of, president Trump and, vice president Vance on their views on immigration. Such, he he he actually, shared an article that on, on x titled J. D. Vance is wrong. Jesus doesn't ask us to rank our love for others, showing, you know, or at least trying to to, trying to to trying to show that that he's involved in in in political discourse. And, of course, he he supported the COVID nineteen vaccines. I hate using that term vaccine. It just flows out because it's not a vaccine. It's a it's a gene therapy, an experimental gene therapy.
And this is why we don't broadcast the show on YouTube because if we were on YouTube right now, we would be blocked because you can't talk about these things. So he supports he supported the, the use of the COVID nineteen m m n r mRNA gene therapy. Let's see. Already covered that. So let's just let's just kinda go back to the, his activism. So as a cardinal, cardinal Prevost, he was, he was vocal of he he was very vocal in his criticism of US immigration policies, and, of course, particularly under the Trump administration. I told you about the the the the reposts on April 14 condemning the deportation of Borrego Garcia, this, you know, quote, unquote, Maryland father of three.
And this was what he said in his in his his tweet. Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed? How can you stay quiet? He also supported the deferred action for childhood arrivals, DACA, reposting in 2017 a message a message from sister Helen Prejean stating, I stand with the dreamers and all people who are working toward an immigration system that is fair, just, and moral. Defend DACA. He also shared a, a 2018 letter from the Peruvian Catholic leaders thanking the Trump administration for ending child separation policies indicating his focus on family and unity at the borders.
So, national focus, his engagement with racial justice was evident in his May 2020 ex post following George Floyd's death, where he stated, we need to hear more from leaders in the church to reject racism and seek justice. This stance aligns with with Chicago's ongoing struggles with racial disparities. His broader social social justice advocacy included support for environmental action and workers' rights, emphasizing the relationship of reciprocity again with nature as noted in in his public statements. Positions could indirectly influence, any environmental justice movements.
Let's see what else. We covered that already, and we covered that already. Alright. So basically, just just to wrap this up, because there's a lot of stuff here that I that I pulled that it's it's stuff we already covered the most part. So just basically just to wrap it up, so so cardinal Robert Prevost, now pope Leo the fourteenth. Political activism as a cardinal from 02/2023 to 02/2025 was primarily expressed through his social media accounts focusing on national issues like immigration, racial racial justice, social equity. His Chicago, roots provided personal connections.
There's you know, his his activism aligns with, progressive stances. Basically, basically, he's he he's another Francis. I know time will tell just how much of a Francis he is, But my Catholic friends, this is your new, this is your new pope, a left leaning, although they try to market him as a moderate, he's not, a left leaning socialist, Marxist, social justice warrior, someone who's in favor of inclusivity, someone who is who basically drank the Kool Aid on on climate change. Curious if he's if if he received the COVID nineteen mRNA gene therapy injections.
And if so, how many? Did he get all of them like they advocated everybody to do? I don't know. But, folks, this is Catholic folks. This is your pope. This is who, this is who is going to be leading your church for the foreseeable future. You need to pray for him. You need to pray for him because, I don't know. Time will tell, I guess. Right? Time will tell. Alright, folks. That's gonna that's gonna wrap it up for us for tonight. Hour fifteen minutes in, I think we should be alright. I did have a couple of stories that I I was gonna pull, but, I think, I think we can skip those for tonight.
Let me take a look here, see if there's anything that we really need to bring out. You know what? Yeah. There there there's just a couple of things. Couple of quick things. Like like, one of the things that I love to see is when the left eats itself. You know? Left just goes after each other. And, one of the one of the more interesting characters on the left is James Carville. So I don't know if you know who James Carville is. James Carville is a is a, democratic strategist. He's been around for a very, very, very long time. And, he basically why is this not pulling up for me here? Let me see.
There we go. Okay. So, he one of the things I one of the things that I appreciate about James Carville is he's a nut. Alright? He he he he's he's a crazy Cajun, and, smart guy, though. I'm not gonna say he's not. You know? He he he knows his stuff, but, you know, I think as he's getting older, he's he's starting to to lose it just a little bit. But, so, Ilhan Omar. Ilhan Omar. A, an interview that she did back in 2019 has resurfaced, okay, where she says that Americans should be more fearful of white men because they're causing
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most of the deaths in this country. And Islamophobia is a result not of hate, but a fear, a legitimate fear they say, of quote unquote jihadist terrorism, whether it's Fort Hood or San Bernardino or the recent truck attack in New York. What do you say to them?
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I would say, our our country should be more fearful, of of of white men across our country because they are actually, causing, most of the deaths within this country. We should be, profiling, monitoring, and, and and creating policies to fight the radicalization of white men.
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So so Ilhan Omar says that, that, white men like me are the ones responsible for the most deaths in this country. Well, James Carville isn't having it. Let me just put it that way. I have two clips of James Carville. One's a little one's a shorter one, one's a little bit longer, and I'm gonna play them both for you back to back. Alright? Two different venues, but, but important to hear. Alright? So the the first one is, is from, from May, so just, just two days ago at the, at a journalism summit. Alright? And, this is what, James Carville had to say about Ilhan Omar.
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White men are responsible for most of the deaths in The United States. So let me get this straight. 69% of the people I'm stuck on that number. I don't know. But 69% of people gonna vote are white. Of that, 48 and a half are mayors. So I don't know. My rough math is 33%. Let's throw out piss off 33% of the people I'd vote, and that's a smart strategy. And the people that agree with her. There are people that actually agree with her. And I think this honestly, I think these people are more trouble than they're worth.
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But you call us as you're calling us Okay. And then, this is on I think this is on Bannon's show. It's a little more detailed on this one.
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Need a schism with the so far progressive left. I I wanna read something. Our country should be more fearful of white men because they're causing most of the deaths within this country. Ilhan Omar. Lady, why don't you just get out to Democratic Party? Honestly, start your own movement. Alright. Let's do the simple math. And probably 69% I don't know. We could call Jim Gersing or Jeff Garrett. Roughly 69% of the people gonna vote in November, maybe more. Let's do 70 for just round math. Are gonna be white. Of that, 48%, maybe a little more are gonna be male. Male. So that's roughly, let's just call it, 33 and a third percent of the entire election. Well, let's just run against them because that's so goddamn smart.
Alright? So now we're gonna have a campaign by the progressive left against white men who vote about a third of everybody that votes in election. Why don't you, lady, start your own party? And then when it's over, you you wanna caucus with the Democrats, fine. We we agree with a lot of things that you do, but we don't believe we ought to be running against white men. In fact, we don't think we ought to be running against any gender, any ethnic group, any race, any religion, or anything else. Goddamn these people are just helpless. They cannot be helped. There's nothing you can do to help them. They don't wanna be helped. And if they had any guts, they'd start their own goddamn political party and get out of ours.
Sorry.
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No. Don't be sorry. You you perfect. I think you summed it up perfectly. See, the problem is though that the Democrats, are running not only against white men, but also against the majority of Americans by consistently ignoring the will of the majority on various issues like biological men in in women's sports, deportation of violent criminals, and the chemical and surgical mutilation of minors, just to name a few. I mean, there's many, many more, but just to name a few. Alright? The ironic thing here, though, is that is that Carville, if you really examine what Carville says and does, he he really does just kinda tow the line on all of these issues.
So so, basically and I don't get me wrong. I love that he's that he's vocal and criticizes her and and and calls her out and tries to get her out of the party and all that stuff. I I think that's fantastic. Yeah. Keep doing that. Please. Keep doing that. Keep eating yourselves. That's great. But the fact that he does really kind of agree with those issues just makes this like a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black. Don't you think? I think so. I think so. Now another example of the, of the of the crazy left, treasury secretary Scott Bessett at a, at a kick at a, financial services committee hearing had to, had had to actually, you know, correct mad Maxine Waters, that lunatic from California, after she accused him of giving strangers access to sensitive data at the Department of Treasury.
Take a look at this.
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Nature of the clearances and security training required for individuals to access the information held in the computers of Treasury, IRS, or CFPB?
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Yes. I do. And I think we would have a disagreement over the definition of the word unfettered.
[01:21:00] Unknown:
Mister secretary, did all the individuals working with Doge who were given access to treasuries and CFPB's computer databases receive all of the required clearances and security training before they were granted access?
[01:21:16] Unknown:
Again, they were granted read only access at treasury.
[01:21:21] Unknown:
There were two So let me just say those employees. You can't filibuster here. This is not the filibuster playground. And so what you did was you let these strangers into our treasury with access to all of the data, all of the personnel information, and you just open the door. Why'd you do that?
[01:21:41] Unknown:
No, ma'am. They they were treasury employees.
[01:21:44] Unknown:
Oh, are you saying today in front of this committee that all of them were treasury employees, that the 25 year old who's being identified, who worked for Elon Musk was not allowed, was allowed into the treasury. Was that person there?
[01:22:01] Unknown:
That he was a treasury employee as was Tom Krause, the senior person on the Doge team. There were only two people There were Doge employees
[01:22:11] Unknown:
also. Sorry? Do you know? Were you aware that there were Doge employees coming into our treasury getting all of our personal information? Ma'am, there is no such thing as a Doge employee. There were treasury employees. I've I I tend to disagree with you based on the information I have. Has
[01:22:31] Unknown:
you know, I I I like Scott Besson. I I do. I I really do. I think I think he is very calm, very cool. He's very measured. I think he's a very smart man. And, you know, it just exposes the ridiculousness of the left. They are they constantly are looking to make a nonissue an, an issue out of a nonissue. There are no such thing as Doge employees. They are treasure they they were treasury employees working with Doge. So they had all of the clearances. They had all of the training that they were required to have in order to perform their duties. And then she gives this little cryptic answer at the comment at the end. Well, that not according to the information that I have.
Oh, shut up. This is the same lady who was saying that she has information that that Donald Trump had militias up in the woods someplace training to come down here and kill people. I'm telling you. You know? Look. I I I you guys know I I work in a nursing facility. We've got plenty of beds in our dementia unit for her. It's I think it's time. I think it's time. Alright. And then I I just wanna wrap this up with, with some classic Carolyn Levitt. You know, I'm really impressed with Carolyn Levitt. I I think she's doing a fantastic job as the press secretary. I mean, she comes prepared. She has the answers.
She doesn't use a binder like, like the the walking mop that that did the press briefings under the Biden administration. She is I I I think she is spot on, you know. And and the fact that that she doesn't take anybody's bullshit, you know, and she she takes them a task. She actually, again, provides them answers and doesn't hold back either if you've ever noticed. Like, for example, in today, she had a there was a press conference, you know, the usual press conference, press briefing. She she was taking a bunch of questions from from a bunch of reporters when one of them actually suggested that, Donald Trump was dismantling the Consumer Product Safety Commission after he fired three Democratic officials. And this is what, Carolyn Levitt had to say for that short clip.
[01:25:10] Unknown:
We're product safety commission. This is the federal agency, an independent one that does recalls and is responsible for product safety. Does the administration not believe that it's important, you know, to keep toys and cribs? I mean, you're a young mom off of the product of of the market. It's a federal agency within which branch? It's the executive branch. Who's the head of the executive branch? The president of The United States. He has the right to fire people within the executive branch. It's a pretty simple answer.
[01:25:44] Unknown:
Francesca. I mean, I mean, come on. That that that's that's such an obvious you know? But it it just astounds me of how ignorant people who claim to be journalists are. They don't understand how the government works. It's an executive branch department. The executive has authority over that, and the executive can do what he needs to do to keep the thing running smoothly and properly. And she answered it perfectly. You know, it's a ridiculous question. Absolutely ridiculous. And then, just, just a few minutes later, just absolutely no mercy whatsoever on this one. And she totally I think anyway, she totally embarrassed, this this journalist, this reporter, and basically shut the whole the whole room down, like, silenced the room.
When one of the reporters tried to imply that Donald Trump is trying to profit off the presidency, The man who is donating his presidential salary back to the government is trying to profit. This isn't Joe Biden we're talking about. You know? We're talking about Donald Trump. Oh my goodness. Let's, let's hear how Carolyn handled this.
[01:27:12] Unknown:
Do you know if the president has any plans to to meet with any of the folks involved with any of the the family businesses over there or see any of the sites that are gonna be new Trump? Not to my knowledge. And let me just get to the premise of your question that both of you have raised. I think it's frankly ridiculous that anyone in this room would even suggest that president Trump is doing anything for his own benefit. He left a life of luxury and a life of running a very successful real estate empire for public service, not just once, but twice. And again, the American public reelected him back to this White House because they trust he acts in the best interest of our country and putting the American public first. This is a president who has actually lost money for being president of The United States. I don't remember these same type of questions being asked of my predecessor about a career politician who was clearly profiting off of this office. That is not what president Trump does, and this White House holds ourselves to the highest of ethical standards.
[01:28:05] Unknown:
Bravo. Wonderful. Love the answer. Great answer. Perfect answer. And, I mean, this appointment of, Carolyn Levitt is just a home run. And, man, I see a bright future for this for this woman as, as she as she grows into her role. I mean, she's young. She's, what, 27? Something like that. Yeah. 27. You know? So, yeah, I this is just, yes, '27. I just wanted to make sure I had it right. I mean, totally owns the room, doesn't take anybody's crap, and I love that. And and I think she's doing a fantastic job, and I look forward to seeing more of her as, as the years go by. Alright, folks. Well, that's gonna do it for us for tonight. So I just wanna give our shout outs to our executive producers, Wayne and Rosanna Rankin. Thank you so much. Also to our producer, anonymous Angela, thank you so much. Folks, don't forget to check us out on our social medias.
Also, we will, have our Saturday spotlight show tomorrow, and then we will see you back here Monday night, 7PM central time. Folks, make Texas independent again. Go podcasting. Have a great weekend. God bless you. Good night, and goodbye.
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Wonderful. Absolutely wonderful. I did a little different tonight. I, I put a little extra in there. I wanted a little bit more of a kick, and, that was good. That was really, really good. Alright. Well, I think it's time to get into our stuff for the day. Alright. Well, you know what happened yesterday. Something pretty big. Well, big if you're Catholic. Not not necessarily for me. I'm not a Roman Catholic. You know, if there's anything wrong with being a Roman Catholic, well, I don't know. We'll we'll we'll let let the Lord decide that one. But, no. I'm just teasing. I'm teasing, of course.
But, but, yesterday, the, the College of Cardinals, the Collegium, as they call it, they voted for a new pope to replace pope Francis who passed away last week. And his funeral was this past weekend, and then on Monday, they held their the first conclave for, to to, to elect his, successor. So, you know, the usual deal, you know, the black smoke, first few days. It actually went faster than I thought it would, to be quite honest with you. I I I was expecting it to to take a little bit longer, But, but but yesterday, they, the white smoke was seen coming out of the, out of the chimney over at, at the Vatican.
And, well, that meant that the 1,400,000,000 Catholics in the world have a new pope, a new head of its head of their church. Alright. Now, let's see. So, Robert Francis Prevost was elected the two hundred sixty seventh pope of the Catholic church, yesterday. And, the interesting thing about it is that, or the historic thing about it is that is that this is the first US born, pope to be elected, in the history of the of the, Roman church. Now, of course, you know, the Roman church has been around a lot longer than the Catholic than than The United States, so, you know, you'd expect that. But, in the two hundred fifty years of the existence of The United States, this is the first American born pope of Rome.
He's also the first from the order of the saint of, of Saint Augustine, and, we'll we'll get into, you know, what that means a little bit later on into the, into the discussion here. So he also then selected the name of, Leo the fourteenth. So 13 before him, 14 now, and, again, we'll kinda, you know, get into that the rationale behind that, why he selected that, and, as we go through. But, but, yes, folks, you have a new pope. And and there he is up there on the on the well, that side. Here you go. Everything is backward. I I forget. So there he is. Right there. Right? Right. I'm looking at the monitor.
Yep. There he is. Alright. And that was, that was yesterday when he was delivering his, his first remarks as the newly elected, pope. So who is this guy? That's the that's the big question. Like I said, it it's for me, you know, doctrinally, theologically, religiously, if you wanna use the term, it really doesn't affect me personally because, again, I'm not Catholic. So, it, again, it it doesn't you know, religiously doesn't affect me. But what does affect me, though, is his politics. And, and and much like his predecessor, how his politics and his rhetoric and the things that, that he spoke on affected, you know, our lives, because of the, political backing behind it.
You know, we we we wanna know who this who this person is. So, so again, Robert Francis Prevost. He was born 09/14/1955 in Bronzeville, in, Chicago, Illinois. Alright. So props to the folks over in Chicago. You know, I'm sure you guys are pretty happy about that. But, but, he, that that's where he's from. That's that's that's, his place of origin. You know, I love those origin stories, like, in the comic books and and things, so that's kinda like what this is. But, and, he was also raised nearby, in the neighborhood of, in the suburb of Dalton, Illinois.
His parents his parents were Louise I'm sorry. Louis Marius Provost, who was a, a US Navy Veteran, of World War two, superintendent of the, Brockwood Brookwood School District in Glenwood, Illinois. He he hailed from French and Italian descent, and his mother, Mildred Martinez Provost, was a librarian with a degree from DePaul University of Spanish, French, and African descent. Her parents were, Louisiana Creoles, and her father, Joseph Martinez, was of a mixed Afro Haitian descent from the Dominican Republic. Now, Robert Provost Provost has, two brothers, two older brothers, Louis, who is a who is a veteran, military veteran, lives in Florida, and, John, who is a retired Catholic school principal.
And, of course, as expected, his parents were devout Roman Catholics active in the church at, Saint Mary of the Assumption Parish, and, they were they were a family of musicians, altar boys, and, the church calls them lectors. Alright? Now, now one of the one of the reasons I think that that Provost was selected elected as, as the next pope is because probably because of his background. He's multicultural, French, Italian, Spanish, and Creole. He holds, dual citizenship, in The United States and with, Peru. And, he spent a considerable amount of time in his ministry, in South America.
He has, immigrant family roots. His grandparents were were legal immigrants and, and, has a, had a deep connection to global Catholicism. Growing up, you know, just like any other kid, grew up, you know, being called Bob or Rob to his friends and family. Provost, very, very early on in his in his life showed an inclination toward the priesthood. His brother John said that, as a child, while other kids played war or or or house, Robert wanted to play priest. It's kinda weird. Right? Nah. Not really. When I was a kid, I took those, you know, and and when I was in grade school, they had those, you know, career counselors. Now, first of all, at fifth grade, fourth grade, how do you know what you wanna do for the rest of your life? I mean, come on. Right? But they did these little tests and things like that. And and one of the things that, that they said I had an aptitude for was, pastoral work.
So and strangely enough, not not too far off, you know, I I did I did serve some time as a as an associate pastor of a of a small independent Baptist church, up in New York, and, I've taught bible for many years. I've done bible studies. I've I've filled the pulpit. I've traveled teaching bible preaching, from place to place. I've done street preaching. I've done all that stuff. And, it's all good stuff too to do. I mean, it's very important to do. But, so I guess, you know, in a way, you know, I'm kinda contradicting myself there for a second, but you get what I'm saying. It's it's it's it's not you it's not the norm.
Okay? Like, I had another friend who who tested that who took that aptitude test and said that, he wouldn't do any better than being a sanitation worker, which there's nothing wrong with being a sanitation worker. Trust me. I I I plenty of my friends are, are are sanitation workers up in New York and, you know, they they do remarkably well in their life. They're very happy and, you know, it's a great job, it's a great career, and, you know, the benefits are great, salary is great, especially in a place like New York. So, nothing wrong with that whatsoever.
But, you know, they ended up one of them ended up actually, becoming a doctor. You know? So, you know, you really can't gauge your life on those things. But, but Robert here, Robert Prebost, he wanted to be a priest. And, an interesting note that I came across here is, that, neighbors even said as a child that he would someday grow up to be as pope as early, to be a pope as early as the first grade. He served, obviously, as an altar boy and was described as super smart and super quiet, by some childhood friends. Now his background his educational background is, is is what you would basically expect. You know, early childhood, he went to he attended Catholic schools in the in the Chicago area.
His family was extremely religious, very pious, and, and, he he had a definite intellectual aptitude, for, for school, and it was very, very evident. For undergraduate school, he went to a Catholic university, Villanova University, which we're I'm sure we've all heard of. It was an Augustinian Catholic, inst I mean, I'm sorry. Villanova is an Augustinian Catholic institution, and, and if you don't know, that's in Pennsylvania. And, he graduated in, 1977 with a with a bachelor's of science in in math mathematics. Gotta give him credit for that. I'm I am not good in math whatsoever. So, then, of course, after undergraduate school, he went through, theological training. He he he, pursued his theological studies at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.
He earned his degree in 1982. And then, he also studied at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas Angelicum in Rome, where he, later earned his doctorate degree in Canon Law. He's he's fluent in in English, Spanish, Italian, French, and Portuguese, and he can read Latin and German, and, which, of course, you know, probably aided him in his, in his global outreach, his global ministry. And then, you know, when he finished all his schooling, his we I I looked over his, ecclesiastical background. Like, what what did he do after school? Well, the order of Saint Augustine, he's a member.
He entered the, novitiate of the Order of Saint Augustine in Saint Louis in 1977. He took his vows in 1982. The, the Augustines formed the thirteenth, the Augustinians were formed in the in the thirteenth century. They they emphasize, poverty, service, and, evangelization. Alright. Nothing nothing crazy about that. Nothing wrong with that whatsoever. He's the first Augustinian friar to, become pope, even though there were six interesting number. There were six prior popes, that followed the the rule of Saint Augustine, although they weren't part of the Augustinian, the Augustinian order.
He's he did missionary and work he did missionary work in Peru, from 1985 to 1998. He arrived in Peru in 1985. He served as a missionary in the, in the Chulacanas from 1985 to 1986, and then later as a chancellor from, 1988 to 1998. He headed the Augustinian Seminary in Trujillo. He taught canon law, patristics, and moral law. He served as a parish pastor and a diocesan official. His work also included, while he's in Peru, wading through the mud to aid to to aid flood victims in in 02/2022 and earned him a reputation as a humble, dedicated missionary.
He became a Peruvian citizen around that period of time. So, you know, a lot of good work he did, but that's typical in the Catholic church. You know, you do a lot of good works because Catholic theology is you have to earn your salvation. You have to earn your place in heaven. You have to, work to earn the eternal rewards. And then, in 02/2001 to 02/2013, he served as the prior general of the order of Saint Augustine overseeing its global operations. You see, that's the thing you gotta you you you look for in in these things too, the word global. Alright? The the there's a lot of globalists, a lot of globalism in in the Roman Catholic church because it is not just a church, a religious denomination.
It's also a political entity, and it has, it has positions on the global stage. That's why that's why countries have ambassadors to The Vatican. The Vatican is its own city. The Vatican, like I said, hosts ambassadors from around the world, including, a United States Ambassador. So why would a church or strictly a church have ambassadors? Well, because it's more than just a church. It is a it is a political entity. Okay? So, you can look at a pope as basically being a king. You know? And I'm not saying that to be disrespectful or anything like that. I'm just trying to draw a parallel there so we could, you know, kinda see fig you know, see where we are with this. So a pope is basically a king. It is the, it is the it is what the old Roman Empire became.
Okay? Now that's a that's a loaded statement that we'll have to unpack at some point, or, maybe I'll go into the archives and pull out one of the old podcasts that I did where I talked about that extensively, okay, on the on the, bible study podcast that I that I I had done. So, so this isn't like, you know, understanding what the Roman church is is not something that's that, you know, I I just pick up from reading some online stuff. I've studied this for years. Okay? I'm not patting myself on the back. I'm not saying I'm some great expert on these things. You know, I I I do have some errors in my opinions from time to time, you know, about this.
So, you know, I guess I'm not patting myself on the back. I'm not some great authority on it, but I do know what I'm talking about for most of it anyway. So, again, it's a it's a it's a religious political animal. Alright? So so, where were we? Okay. So, leadership in the Augustinian order. Episcopal roles in Peru in 02/2014. Pope Francis appointed him, bishop of Chikaleo, Peru. He was promoted to archbishop in February, and, his tenure focused on pastoral care and social outreach. Alright. That's another thing that we need to pay attention to.
Alright? So you have global, globalism, and social outreach. And you'll understand why when we come to it. You'll you'll catch it. Alright. Now in, now he had he had some Vatican roles. He had some roles in the Vatican prior to becoming, Leo the fourteenth. In February, pope Francis called provost to the Vatican as prefect of the dicastery for bishops. He loved their titles. That's one thing about the upper up the upper echelons of the Catholic church, and they love their titles. They love all of these things because it's, again, it's a political beast. Alright?
The dicastery for bishops is which is a powerful role that oversaw, the selection and supervision of over 5,000 bishops worldwide. He also became president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. And on February, pope Francis made him a cardinal. And then in February 2025, he was promoted to the order of bishops with the sub the subarborcanian Sea Of Albano. I have that's a new one for me. I'm gonna have to spend some time researching that one, but, yeah, I struggled with that even when I was putting all this together. So I, you know, I just didn't have time to really dig into that one, today. It has been a crazy, crazy day.
So, now, of course, all of that all of that leadership and, posit all those leadership positions that he was placed into at that time, of course, you know, they became, foundational and, of course, elevated his profile, as a candidate for the papacy. Right? Then, of course, now in 02/2025 at this at this recent papal conclave, following pope Francis's death, a 33 cardinals convened in the Sistine Chapel. And, on May 8, after four ballots, Prevost was elected with at least two thirds of a majority, so he needed 89 votes. Alright.
Cardinal Dominique Monberti announced Habemus Papam from Saint Pillar Saint Peter's Basilica proclaiming provost as pope Leo the fourteenth. Alright. Now, provost, like I said before, you know, there was a reason why he picked Leo the fourteenth. Now he chose Leo the fourteenth as, as an acknowledgment of, Leo the thirteenth, who served from 1878 to nineteen o two, o three, somewhere around there. And, and Leo the thirteenth was known for his, encyclical called Rerum Novarum, which basically laid the foundation for, the modern social Catholic teachings.
And, and and then and he also probably it's also probably a nod to, po to, Leo the first who served in, from April to April. And, Leo the first is is known for, persuading Attila the Hun not to attack Rome. So, so, basically, you know, the long and short of the story is this, is that the name shows his commitment to to social justice and engagement with, with modernity. Alright? Now on his first appearance at the balcony at, Saint Peter's Basilica, he wore the, of course, the, traditional, he wore the traditional red mozzetta, unlike Francis, and he spoke in Italian and Spanish, not English. And he did that to to to basically to emphasize his his global identity. His first words were peace be with you, and, those words echoed Christ's post resurrection greeting.
Alright? So those are the so in other words, those were the when when Christ showed himself to his disciples in the upper room, The first thing he said when he appeared in their midst was, peace be with you or peace be unto you. He also called for a missionary church that builds bridges and welcomes all, and then he referenced Francis's Easter blessing and prayed for peace. Alright. So that's just some background up until the point of his, his election into the papacy. Alright? Now, this is where we're gonna get to some stuff. This so this is the theological and the, and and the social positions that that, Leo the fourteenth or or Robert Prevost, follows. Alright? So, basically, there there's continuity here with Pope Francis.
Alright. Provost is seen as a moderate. Alright? But as a moderate that's aligned with with pope Francis's priorities, like social justice, inclusivity, environmental stewardship, outreach to the poor, and migrants. His his first his first speech emphasized, a collaborative church governance. What are the what's the word for that? It's synodality or something along those lines. I might be wrong. If you know, drop a comment. Let me know. He also, he also emphasized peace and dialogue. Alright? And then along the lines of social justice, like we said before, the choice of his name, Leo, and his Episcopal motto, which is, which means in Christ who is one, we are one.
It reflects, a focus. I guess, yeah, I guess you can use the word focus on so on on on on on unity and social issues. Over the years, he's supported workers' rights, fair pay, and, environmental action. He's called for a a relationship of reciprocity with nature in 02/2024, which is which is really very interesting too, because it kinda goes along with something that that, like a pet a pet theology of mine. And, again, I wouldn't I I would never put this out as a, as a matter of doctrine. Like, I wouldn't say that this is, you know, this is definitely, you know, the end all be all answer to the question of, you know, because, where I'm getting at is, in the last days when when, Antichrist takes over.
Alright? There's gonna be the one world government, which we already see the foundations for. Alright? You have the United Nations, and there's more and more of a push for globalism. There's more and more of a push for that one world order. Alright? You think of, the World Health Organization, the World Economic Forum. You think of, again, the United Nations. And, you you know, you look at all the global initiatives that are taking place. You have the, what is that? The, the the World Bank, I guess, you would call it. The for some reason, the name is just not sticking in my head. But, so so you have all of that in place already. Alright? Now it's just waiting for the for the the quote, unquote right person to come along to actually put it all together and lead it. Alright? So you have the the push for globalism, the one world government.
You have a push for a one world currency, which if you look at the, the digital currencies, like like there's like Bitcoin and, the, even the US government is is playing around with, cryptocurrencies now. They're they're gonna they're looking to establish a, a federal, cryptocurrency, and, which is scary, which is really scary when you think about it. So the groundwork is in place already. Alright? So right now, like, things like Bitcoin and Texacoin and and, you know, the other cryptocurrencies that are out there that are not backed by governments, you know, they're basically they're decentralized. So nobody can, like, flip the switch, cut it off, and and, you know, and deprive you of of what you have. Whereas a a a digital currency that's backed by the government, look, if you don't that they they don't like what you're saying, they can flip that switch, and they can take funds from you. They could reward you if you tow the line, and and you you you you spew out the party rhetoric, and and they approve of of the message that you're sending out. You know, so so that's the that that's the one world system. And then there's the one world religion.
Okay? And these again, these are these are the things that we are to expect. This is what the Bible teaches. This is, you know, what prophecy tells us is coming down the road. So you have the one world government, the one world currency, and then you're gonna have the one world religion. And that's where this this comes in where we talk about the, the reciprocity a relationship of reciprocity with nature and, all of this environmental, you know, the extreme environmental stuff. Look, I I'm a conservative. I do believe that, you know, we should take care of what we have been given.
You know, God has blessed us with a beautiful world to live in, with plenty of resources. We're to use those resources. We're just we're to use them responsibly. So but we're not, you know, to the point where, you know, it it harms us, you know, to where, you know, we have these environmental wackos running around throwing cans of tomato soup on on, you know, priceless pieces of art or gluing themselves to this to the pavement to block traffic from you know, not that. That's that's stupid. Alright? That's just that's just stupidity. We should be cons we should be responsible for the things that we have. We should be responsible, but we are to use them.
Alright? So anyway, I'm getting off another subject. So at any rate, I've always felt that the one world religion is going to be something related to the environment. Now I could be wrong. You know? Some people think that that, the one world religion is gonna be some kind of a a mashup of Islam and Catholicism. It could be. It could be a combination of all three, But I do believe that that somewhere in in that one world religion, it's gonna be that call to to to, those new age religions like, you know, worshiping the earth and Gaia and or Gaia, whatever they call it. So I I that's an element of it. And I think that you see things like this, especially coming up now in the Catholic church, where you have leadership talking about things like this relationship with, of reciprocity with nature.
That's why I think that way, because I see things like that, and I think, well, you know, I got that that the the crazy side of the environmental movements and and so on and so forth. So that's what I see, and that's, you know, my impression of what's coming down the road. Alright. So, like Francis, provost, prioritizes outreach to migrants and the marginalized. His his social media activity as a cardinal has, has criticized US immigration policies under president Trump and vice president JD Vance, and, and, JD Vance's views on religion and supported Black Lives Matter, and he also supported COVID nineteen vaccines. As a matter of fact, this is this is from, a post that, provost put up there, talking about religion and immigration.
So, you know, so he had he does have some some, divergent opinions on immigration policy and and whatnot from what the Trump administration has has. Let's see. What else? And, again, you know, he supported, he supports Black Lives Matter. Also, you know, was supportive of the COVID nineteen. See, I don't wanna call it vaccines because it's not a vaccine. It's a gene therapy. But, but he was he was a proponent of that. Provost also supported Francis's, 2023 decision to include three women in the for for bishops, noting that their perspectives enrich decision making. But but this is where he kinda diverges from it. He opposes ordaining women as deacons, arguing it could it could create new issues without solving already existing ones. Alright? Now, also, this is where it gets a little bit less clear. His his his views on the, on the LGBTQIA plus 30 other letters that I have no idea what they are anymore.
His positions on that are are a lot less clear. Now he supported Francis' declaration allowing blessings for same sex couples and, and and those in, as he put it, quote, irregular situations, but emphasized that bishops have to or or must, actually, is the word that was used, must adapt such directives to local context suggesting a cautious approach. Some conservative groups believe that he's less supportive, than Francis was. Now this is another issue as well. Alright. Prevost faced allegations of, you you know, all these sexual abuse scandals that plague the Roman church. He he himself has has not been accused of of that, but what he did do was, or at least it's alleged that he failed to act against the priest accused of sexual abuse in Chicago and in Peru.
In, in Chicago in 2023, a settlement, was reached that involved a priest under Provost's leadership, and in Peru, his diocese denied cover up allegations. He was cleared of any wrongdoing in both cases, but advocacy groups like SNAP, and others expressed concern about his election. In his first homily, as Leo the fourteenth, he warned against prioritizing technology, money, success, power, or pleasure over faith, urging the church to light, because, quote, light the dark nights of this world. Alright? Now that's not necessarily a bad position at all. You know? I think that's that's a good direction for for any church to go in.
Let's see what else. Personality wise, he's described as pretty down to earth, reserved, outgoing, which kinda weird when you say that. Right? You know, you're you're you're you're down to earth and reserved, but you're also outgoing. That doesn't jive too well, and almost timid. Prevost is known for humility and mediation skills that he developed while he was in Peru. Reverend James Martin called him a very kind man, and his his former roommate, John Liddon, praised his concern for the poor. This this sounds more like a dating site here, you know, his hobbies. Robert's an amateur tennis player and, you know, and he he enjoys reading and music, and he's a fan of Chicago White Sox.
He's attended, the two thousand five World Series, for the for the White Sox, and, he's a fan of Peru's Alianza Lima Football Club. Now his brother John said that, that, that Leo is not an American pope. Now catch this. He's not an American pope. He's a global one shaped by his Peruvian experience and Vatican roles. So there's that word global again. Of course, we don't expect him you know, I mean, Catholics are spread around the world. Yes. But that's not what he means. Alright? That's not what he means. What he's talking about is politically. Politically.
So some historic, significance of his papacy already, first US born pope, as we said earlier, first Peruvian citizen, and the first Augustinian friar. He's the second pope from The Americas after Francis, because Francis was from Argentina, if you remember. His election challenges the formal the informal taboo against an American pope, due to US geopolitical influence, which is kind of ironic. Now, obviously, there's a lot of things going on in the world right now that, a lot of conflict. Right? You have you have Israel and and and Hamas, still going at it. You have, you have the Assad regime overthrown in in Syria.
You had, you have the this conflict going on right now with, with Russia and Ukraine and and now India and Pakistan. So, he he was he was elected to office here, you know, in the middle of numerous numerous global conflicts, numerous humanitarian crises. And, of course, right here at home, you're talking about, you know, political division. Right? I mean, I don't think that The United States has been as divided politically as it is right now, ever. I think this is the worst that I've ever seen it. But his call for peace and bridge building kind of puts him in the position of a mediator. So that that that's the role that he's looking to achieve with this.
His Peruvian ties, Latin American experience make him a a bridge between the the the global North and the global South. As a Francis appointee, as, one of the 100 because Francis appointed a hundred and eight cardinals. As, Francis appointee, Leo is expected to to to continue his predecessor's reforms, focusing, of course, on, synodality, social justice, and inclusivity inclusivity. Alright. So there you have social justice, the inclusivity. You're talking, like, DEI stuff. Alright. However, his traditional attire and moderate stance suggest a balance between continuity and a distant approach.
Not so sure. His election, of course, you know, was exciting, to say the least, for for Americans. Donald Trump had a few, had a few remarks about that, talking about what it it was a great honor to have an American born, pope. And, of course, Peruvian Catholics were were thrilled to have a a a citizen of Peru as, you know, elected as pope, and, you know, world leaders, including, you know, Donald Trump. And as a matter of fact, I think Donald Trump said today that the the Vatican has already reached out to, schedule a a meeting between, Leo and and president Trump.
But, even even though there were a string of, you know, the congratulatory comments and remarks and and and such from, again, Donald Trump and Canadian prime minister Carney and and and others, there were some. Like, for example, a Rome based American named, Rebecca Tabiani. She had some concern about The US's global influence. So, I I guess, they they kinda concern they're kinda concerned about, you know, you know, if he's an American born, is he gonna, you know, side on on is he gonna is he gonna push America's agenda for America, which I I highly doubt?
Their allegiance is to the Vatican. Okay? I I don't think I I don't see that as a problem. Personally speaking, and and, you know, I've seen this in other places, you know, a lot of critics, especially on social media, you know, label him as a as a as a liberal or Marxist. And, I I if he if he's following Francis in any way as as a as a true successor to Francis, I I see him more on that liberal Marxist side. You know, don't don't misunderstand. Francis was a Marxist. Alright? What I'm curious about though is when it comes to this immigration and the illegal immigration that The United States has has has really gotten under control at this point here, especially at our southern border. You know, it's 99.999% closed right now. So, which is fantastic.
You know? And, it's incredible how, you know, Biden went on to, The View and was talking about how Donald Trump prevented some new legislation get through in order to make Joe Biden look bad. But Donald Trump is using existing legislation, existing law to close the border and is incredibly successful with it, which means you didn't need to have new legislation. Right? And and not to parrot what what Donald Trump said at at the joint session of congress congress back in February, you know, it turned out you needed a new president. True. Agreed. Absolutely.
But the fact of the matter is you don't the legislation that the that the Biden administration was putting through, didn't really address any of the issues on on The US border. It it gave money to Ukraine and to other countries, Israel, and and a number of other countries for their borders. So it didn't need legislation, and legislation that the Biden administration was gonna put through would have been ineffective. You needed a president willing to enforce the existing laws and the existing, immigration control procedures that are in place already.
And that's why we have a 99.999 closed border compared to the Biden administration. So, alright. But let's get back to, let's get back to, our buddy over here, Pope Francis Pope Pope Leo. So church divisions, some of the challenges that he's gonna be facing. Now Leo does inherit a church that's divided over a lot of a lot of issues. It's divided over women's roles in ministry, which really shouldn't be. There shouldn't be any debate about that whatsoever. If you take a conservative stance and a conservative view of and a a literal view of the scripture, you understand that that a that a woman cannot be a pastor.
A woman cannot be a deacon. Okay? And that's not to say that that women's women aren't important in the church. Of course, they are. They absolutely are. But they can't serve in leadership in the church as far as the pastoral ministries or the or as a deacon. So and, you know, if you have a problem with that, that you know, don't take it up with me. Take it up with with with God because he's the one who said it. So, so he inherits he inherits a church that's divided on those issues. He he inherits a church that's divided on l g p LGBTQ, you know, inclusion and, and he also all the clerical abuse that takes place in within the Catholic church and has taken place in the Catholic church.
Maybe the moderate stance that he has is is, or or it's alleged that he has will help, you know, kinda bring all of that together. But in doing that, it kinda risks alienating alienating both, you know, the the more liberal progressive side and the and the more traditional conservative side in the Catholic church. And believe me, there's there's a very large conservative traditional side in the Catholic church. Yeah. I'm talking about folks that that that want the Latin mass. You know, that's pretty conservative right there or traditional.
And look, I'm I'm again, I'm not Catholic. Alright? But I've studied the Catholic church. I came out of the Catholic church. I am a blood bought, born again, bible believing, pulpit pounding, King James bible believing, independent Baptist. It's a lot. I know. But more important part of it is is I'm not Catholic. Okay. Well, for me anyway, that's the more important thing. Let's see. What else are the challenges he has? He has to deal with, so you have church divisions that he has to deal with, all of the abuse scandals, you know, talking about all these allegations, you know, ensuring accountability, and and, you know, all of that's gonna be important for him to do. That's gonna be critical for him to do, you know, given the past controversies that that have come up.
And, again, the global role that he has. Remember what I said earlier when we first started the conversation here. 1,400,000,000 Catholics in the world. Alright? That's one port 1,400,000,000 Catholics in a very polarized world that he has to navigate his way through. All of all of the, the geopolitical tensions, you know, you know, addressing issues like like the the the nonissue of climate change, the technological issues, you know, and has to work his way through all of that while attempting to maintain the church's moral authority.
So it was a lot. You know, there's a lot of stuff there. We we've been talking about this now for almost an hour. Alright. Well, yeah, almost an hour. We'll say we'll just round it. I know I started a little bit late tonight, but, so so, basically, just to kinda summarize what we were just talking about. So you have pope Leo the fourteenth, again, born Robert Francis Prevost. He has American roots, Peruvian experience, Vatican expertise, to the papacy. He was elected, with more than two thirds of a vote. The the the college of cardinals, multicultural in his background.
He had, or has a missionary zeal and, his his alignment with pope Francis, and and and Francis' vision put him position him in, as a as a a global leader focused on peace, social justice, and inclusivity. Alright? Social justice and inclusivity. I like the peace part. You know, the peace is nice. It's that social justice that bothers me. It's the it's that inclusivity thing that bothers me because it's not talking about inclusivity and justice as you and I as as rational thinking people understand inclusivity and and social justice. You're talking about alternative lifestyles as inclusivity, you know, you know, removing traditional firewalls and and allowing, for for for gay marriage. You're allowing for, you know, women in the ministry and and so on and so forth. You know? So that that's gonna be problematic, especially with the especially with the conservative traditionalist Catholics.
Let's see. What do I wanna I'm gonna skip on this. Alright. So let's talk a little bit about his political activism. Alright. I'm gonna pass over a couple of things here because we already kinda talked about it already. Again, centered on social justice, particularly immigration and racial equality. He's used social media like x, to criticize US immigration policies, to support marginalized groups, advocate for, environmental and workers' rights, which, of course, again, aligned with, Francis' vision. Now, in a in a post on 04/14/2024 about the, deportation of Gilmore Obregon Garcia, we spent a lot of time talking about that.
He, he questioned the morality of it. So he criticized the Trump administration for deportation policies saying that there were more out morality issues with it. Okay. Well, here's the thing. The Vatican is surrounded by 80 foot to over a hundred foot walls. The Vatican has the strictest immigration policies in the world. In this great migration that took place under the Biden administration remember remember, it didn't it wasn't only here. It wasn't only in The United States that you had this rush of immigrate of, of illegal immigration. It was worldwide. European countries have been flooded because of open borders with illegal migration.
I mean, just take a look what happened to Great Britain. Great Britain is no longer Great Britain. Great Britain is becoming more and more of, of a, an Islamic country. As a matter of fact, I I I read something today, and I didn't think to pull it because I would I think I was gonna talk about it. But read something today that that, that that that people can now go to jail for criticizing Islam in Great Britain. You have a Muslim mayor in London. You have Muslim you have I I I the article said there were, like, five major city five major cities have Muslim and Islamic, mayors.
And don't you think that that's coming here? Don't you think that that's the plan? You know? So but the the Vatican didn't take in any migrants. None whatsoever. And I was critical of Pope Francis when when when I started this show, talking about that very thing, that it's easy for him sitting behind the high walls to tell The US, to tell other countries around the world that they should, demonstrate God's love by welcoming in these migrants, and I say quotes, migrants into their countries, while The Vatican, a country end of its own, didn't take any.
None. Goose eggs. Big zeros. None. So I'm curious if Leo the fourteenth, since he is so in favor of this migration, would be willing to open up the gates and the walls of the Vatican and allow migrants to pour through the gates unchecked. Just wonder. I'm just throwing it out there. In, in May 2020, he posted on social media about George Floyd's death calling for church leaders to reject racism and seek justice reflecting his commitment to racial equality or racial equity. Excuse me. Not equality. Remember, equity, equality are two different things. Two different things.
Equity is a Marxist doctrine. Equity is bringing everybody to the same level. Okay? That's not equality. That's equity. And that's what Marxism does. That's what socialism does. It makes everybody equally miserable. And I'm not gonna get into the whole George Floyd stuff because sorry. I'm not gonna get into the whole George Floyd stuff because it's just we're way over we're overtime already on this. He also supported environmental initiatives initiatives, workers' rights emphasizing a relationship reciprocity with nature as we already discussed. And, of course, that that's consistent with his, you know, social justice advocacy.
He he was he was he's been very critical of, president Trump and, vice president Vance on their views on immigration. Such, he he he actually, shared an article that on, on x titled J. D. Vance is wrong. Jesus doesn't ask us to rank our love for others, showing, you know, or at least trying to to, trying to to trying to show that that he's involved in in in political discourse. And, of course, he he supported the COVID nineteen vaccines. I hate using that term vaccine. It just flows out because it's not a vaccine. It's a it's a gene therapy, an experimental gene therapy.
And this is why we don't broadcast the show on YouTube because if we were on YouTube right now, we would be blocked because you can't talk about these things. So he supports he supported the, the use of the COVID nineteen m m n r mRNA gene therapy. Let's see. Already covered that. So let's just let's just kinda go back to the, his activism. So as a cardinal, cardinal Prevost, he was, he was vocal of he he was very vocal in his criticism of US immigration policies, and, of course, particularly under the Trump administration. I told you about the the the the reposts on April 14 condemning the deportation of Borrego Garcia, this, you know, quote, unquote, Maryland father of three.
And this was what he said in his in his his tweet. Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed? How can you stay quiet? He also supported the deferred action for childhood arrivals, DACA, reposting in 2017 a message a message from sister Helen Prejean stating, I stand with the dreamers and all people who are working toward an immigration system that is fair, just, and moral. Defend DACA. He also shared a, a 2018 letter from the Peruvian Catholic leaders thanking the Trump administration for ending child separation policies indicating his focus on family and unity at the borders.
So, national focus, his engagement with racial justice was evident in his May 2020 ex post following George Floyd's death, where he stated, we need to hear more from leaders in the church to reject racism and seek justice. This stance aligns with with Chicago's ongoing struggles with racial disparities. His broader social social justice advocacy included support for environmental action and workers' rights, emphasizing the relationship of reciprocity again with nature as noted in in his public statements. Positions could indirectly influence, any environmental justice movements.
Let's see what else. We covered that already, and we covered that already. Alright. So basically, just just to wrap this up, because there's a lot of stuff here that I that I pulled that it's it's stuff we already covered the most part. So just basically just to wrap it up, so so cardinal Robert Prevost, now pope Leo the fourteenth. Political activism as a cardinal from 02/2023 to 02/2025 was primarily expressed through his social media accounts focusing on national issues like immigration, racial racial justice, social equity. His Chicago, roots provided personal connections.
There's you know, his his activism aligns with, progressive stances. Basically, basically, he's he he's another Francis. I know time will tell just how much of a Francis he is, But my Catholic friends, this is your new, this is your new pope, a left leaning, although they try to market him as a moderate, he's not, a left leaning socialist, Marxist, social justice warrior, someone who's in favor of inclusivity, someone who is who basically drank the Kool Aid on on climate change. Curious if he's if if he received the COVID nineteen mRNA gene therapy injections.
And if so, how many? Did he get all of them like they advocated everybody to do? I don't know. But, folks, this is Catholic folks. This is your pope. This is who, this is who is going to be leading your church for the foreseeable future. You need to pray for him. You need to pray for him because, I don't know. Time will tell, I guess. Right? Time will tell. Alright, folks. That's gonna that's gonna wrap it up for us for tonight. Hour fifteen minutes in, I think we should be alright. I did have a couple of stories that I I was gonna pull, but, I think, I think we can skip those for tonight.
Let me take a look here, see if there's anything that we really need to bring out. You know what? Yeah. There there there's just a couple of things. Couple of quick things. Like like, one of the things that I love to see is when the left eats itself. You know? Left just goes after each other. And, one of the one of the more interesting characters on the left is James Carville. So I don't know if you know who James Carville is. James Carville is a is a, democratic strategist. He's been around for a very, very, very long time. And, he basically why is this not pulling up for me here? Let me see.
There we go. Okay. So, he one of the things I one of the things that I appreciate about James Carville is he's a nut. Alright? He he he he's he's a crazy Cajun, and, smart guy, though. I'm not gonna say he's not. You know? He he he knows his stuff, but, you know, I think as he's getting older, he's he's starting to to lose it just a little bit. But, so, Ilhan Omar. Ilhan Omar. A, an interview that she did back in 2019 has resurfaced, okay, where she says that Americans should be more fearful of white men because they're causing
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most of the deaths in this country. And Islamophobia is a result not of hate, but a fear, a legitimate fear they say, of quote unquote jihadist terrorism, whether it's Fort Hood or San Bernardino or the recent truck attack in New York. What do you say to them?
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I would say, our our country should be more fearful, of of of white men across our country because they are actually, causing, most of the deaths within this country. We should be, profiling, monitoring, and, and and creating policies to fight the radicalization of white men.
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So so Ilhan Omar says that, that, white men like me are the ones responsible for the most deaths in this country. Well, James Carville isn't having it. Let me just put it that way. I have two clips of James Carville. One's a little one's a shorter one, one's a little bit longer, and I'm gonna play them both for you back to back. Alright? Two different venues, but, but important to hear. Alright? So the the first one is, is from, from May, so just, just two days ago at the, at a journalism summit. Alright? And, this is what, James Carville had to say about Ilhan Omar.
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White men are responsible for most of the deaths in The United States. So let me get this straight. 69% of the people I'm stuck on that number. I don't know. But 69% of people gonna vote are white. Of that, 48 and a half are mayors. So I don't know. My rough math is 33%. Let's throw out piss off 33% of the people I'd vote, and that's a smart strategy. And the people that agree with her. There are people that actually agree with her. And I think this honestly, I think these people are more trouble than they're worth.
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But you call us as you're calling us Okay. And then, this is on I think this is on Bannon's show. It's a little more detailed on this one.
[01:17:02] Unknown:
Need a schism with the so far progressive left. I I wanna read something. Our country should be more fearful of white men because they're causing most of the deaths within this country. Ilhan Omar. Lady, why don't you just get out to Democratic Party? Honestly, start your own movement. Alright. Let's do the simple math. And probably 69% I don't know. We could call Jim Gersing or Jeff Garrett. Roughly 69% of the people gonna vote in November, maybe more. Let's do 70 for just round math. Are gonna be white. Of that, 48%, maybe a little more are gonna be male. Male. So that's roughly, let's just call it, 33 and a third percent of the entire election. Well, let's just run against them because that's so goddamn smart.
Alright? So now we're gonna have a campaign by the progressive left against white men who vote about a third of everybody that votes in election. Why don't you, lady, start your own party? And then when it's over, you you wanna caucus with the Democrats, fine. We we agree with a lot of things that you do, but we don't believe we ought to be running against white men. In fact, we don't think we ought to be running against any gender, any ethnic group, any race, any religion, or anything else. Goddamn these people are just helpless. They cannot be helped. There's nothing you can do to help them. They don't wanna be helped. And if they had any guts, they'd start their own goddamn political party and get out of ours.
Sorry.
[01:18:36] Unknown:
No. Don't be sorry. You you perfect. I think you summed it up perfectly. See, the problem is though that the Democrats, are running not only against white men, but also against the majority of Americans by consistently ignoring the will of the majority on various issues like biological men in in women's sports, deportation of violent criminals, and the chemical and surgical mutilation of minors, just to name a few. I mean, there's many, many more, but just to name a few. Alright? The ironic thing here, though, is that is that Carville, if you really examine what Carville says and does, he he really does just kinda tow the line on all of these issues.
So so, basically and I don't get me wrong. I love that he's that he's vocal and criticizes her and and and calls her out and tries to get her out of the party and all that stuff. I I think that's fantastic. Yeah. Keep doing that. Please. Keep doing that. Keep eating yourselves. That's great. But the fact that he does really kind of agree with those issues just makes this like a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black. Don't you think? I think so. I think so. Now another example of the, of the of the crazy left, treasury secretary Scott Bessett at a, at a kick at a, financial services committee hearing had to, had had to actually, you know, correct mad Maxine Waters, that lunatic from California, after she accused him of giving strangers access to sensitive data at the Department of Treasury.
Take a look at this.
[01:20:41] Unknown:
Nature of the clearances and security training required for individuals to access the information held in the computers of Treasury, IRS, or CFPB?
[01:20:54] Unknown:
Yes. I do. And I think we would have a disagreement over the definition of the word unfettered.
[01:21:00] Unknown:
Mister secretary, did all the individuals working with Doge who were given access to treasuries and CFPB's computer databases receive all of the required clearances and security training before they were granted access?
[01:21:16] Unknown:
Again, they were granted read only access at treasury.
[01:21:21] Unknown:
There were two So let me just say those employees. You can't filibuster here. This is not the filibuster playground. And so what you did was you let these strangers into our treasury with access to all of the data, all of the personnel information, and you just open the door. Why'd you do that?
[01:21:41] Unknown:
No, ma'am. They they were treasury employees.
[01:21:44] Unknown:
Oh, are you saying today in front of this committee that all of them were treasury employees, that the 25 year old who's being identified, who worked for Elon Musk was not allowed, was allowed into the treasury. Was that person there?
[01:22:01] Unknown:
That he was a treasury employee as was Tom Krause, the senior person on the Doge team. There were only two people There were Doge employees
[01:22:11] Unknown:
also. Sorry? Do you know? Were you aware that there were Doge employees coming into our treasury getting all of our personal information? Ma'am, there is no such thing as a Doge employee. There were treasury employees. I've I I tend to disagree with you based on the information I have. Has
[01:22:31] Unknown:
you know, I I I like Scott Besson. I I do. I I really do. I think I think he is very calm, very cool. He's very measured. I think he's a very smart man. And, you know, it just exposes the ridiculousness of the left. They are they constantly are looking to make a nonissue an, an issue out of a nonissue. There are no such thing as Doge employees. They are treasure they they were treasury employees working with Doge. So they had all of the clearances. They had all of the training that they were required to have in order to perform their duties. And then she gives this little cryptic answer at the comment at the end. Well, that not according to the information that I have.
Oh, shut up. This is the same lady who was saying that she has information that that Donald Trump had militias up in the woods someplace training to come down here and kill people. I'm telling you. You know? Look. I I I you guys know I I work in a nursing facility. We've got plenty of beds in our dementia unit for her. It's I think it's time. I think it's time. Alright. And then I I just wanna wrap this up with, with some classic Carolyn Levitt. You know, I'm really impressed with Carolyn Levitt. I I think she's doing a fantastic job as the press secretary. I mean, she comes prepared. She has the answers.
She doesn't use a binder like, like the the walking mop that that did the press briefings under the Biden administration. She is I I I think she is spot on, you know. And and the fact that that she doesn't take anybody's bullshit, you know, and she she takes them a task. She actually, again, provides them answers and doesn't hold back either if you've ever noticed. Like, for example, in today, she had a there was a press conference, you know, the usual press conference, press briefing. She she was taking a bunch of questions from from a bunch of reporters when one of them actually suggested that, Donald Trump was dismantling the Consumer Product Safety Commission after he fired three Democratic officials. And this is what, Carolyn Levitt had to say for that short clip.
[01:25:10] Unknown:
We're product safety commission. This is the federal agency, an independent one that does recalls and is responsible for product safety. Does the administration not believe that it's important, you know, to keep toys and cribs? I mean, you're a young mom off of the product of of the market. It's a federal agency within which branch? It's the executive branch. Who's the head of the executive branch? The president of The United States. He has the right to fire people within the executive branch. It's a pretty simple answer.
[01:25:44] Unknown:
Francesca. I mean, I mean, come on. That that that's that's such an obvious you know? But it it just astounds me of how ignorant people who claim to be journalists are. They don't understand how the government works. It's an executive branch department. The executive has authority over that, and the executive can do what he needs to do to keep the thing running smoothly and properly. And she answered it perfectly. You know, it's a ridiculous question. Absolutely ridiculous. And then, just, just a few minutes later, just absolutely no mercy whatsoever on this one. And she totally I think anyway, she totally embarrassed, this this journalist, this reporter, and basically shut the whole the whole room down, like, silenced the room.
When one of the reporters tried to imply that Donald Trump is trying to profit off the presidency, The man who is donating his presidential salary back to the government is trying to profit. This isn't Joe Biden we're talking about. You know? We're talking about Donald Trump. Oh my goodness. Let's, let's hear how Carolyn handled this.
[01:27:12] Unknown:
Do you know if the president has any plans to to meet with any of the folks involved with any of the the family businesses over there or see any of the sites that are gonna be new Trump? Not to my knowledge. And let me just get to the premise of your question that both of you have raised. I think it's frankly ridiculous that anyone in this room would even suggest that president Trump is doing anything for his own benefit. He left a life of luxury and a life of running a very successful real estate empire for public service, not just once, but twice. And again, the American public reelected him back to this White House because they trust he acts in the best interest of our country and putting the American public first. This is a president who has actually lost money for being president of The United States. I don't remember these same type of questions being asked of my predecessor about a career politician who was clearly profiting off of this office. That is not what president Trump does, and this White House holds ourselves to the highest of ethical standards.
[01:28:05] Unknown:
Bravo. Wonderful. Love the answer. Great answer. Perfect answer. And, I mean, this appointment of, Carolyn Levitt is just a home run. And, man, I see a bright future for this for this woman as, as she as she grows into her role. I mean, she's young. She's, what, 27? Something like that. Yeah. 27. You know? So, yeah, I this is just, yes, '27. I just wanted to make sure I had it right. I mean, totally owns the room, doesn't take anybody's crap, and I love that. And and I think she's doing a fantastic job, and I look forward to seeing more of her as, as the years go by. Alright, folks. Well, that's gonna do it for us for tonight. So I just wanna give our shout outs to our executive producers, Wayne and Rosanna Rankin. Thank you so much. Also to our producer, anonymous Angela, thank you so much. Folks, don't forget to check us out on our social medias.
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