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Charlie Kirk
Hey, everybody. Charlie Kirk here live from the Bitcoin.com studio. Hey, everybody. There is a new Pope and he is American.
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John
What?
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Charlie Kirk
That's right. Shock in the world. From Chicago, Illinois. We pull his voting history. We talk about this. That in this episode, so listen carefully. We also talk about some of the controversies. He's attacked J.D. vance, he attacked President Trump. What does he believe? We walk through all of that here in this episode, so listen to it in its entirety.
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John
We.
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Charlie Kirk
We have a new American Pope from Chicago. Of course, I'm from Chicago, so I'm rather partial, but boy, I know what they believe in Chicago, so gotta be careful. What does this mean for the country and for the kingdom? Email US as always, freedomarliekirk.com and subscribe to our podcast. That is the Charlie Kirk show podcast page. Get involved with turningpointusa.com that is tpusa.com do you think the Pope is a registered Republican or Democrat? I tell you, at the end of this program. Buckle up, everybody. Here we go. Charlie, what you've done is incredible here. Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campus.
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John
I want you to know we are.
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Charlie Kirk
Lucky to have Charlie Kirk.
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John
Charlie Kirk's running the White House, folks.
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Blake
I want to thank Charlie.
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John
He's an incredible guy.
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Frank Pavone
His spirit, his love of this country. He's done an amazing job building one of the most powerful youth organizations ever.
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John
Created, Turning Point usa.
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Charlie Kirk
We will not embrace the ideas that have destroyed countries, destroyed lives, and we are going to fight for freedom on campuses across the country. That's why we are here. Noble Gold Investments is the official gold sponsor of the Charlie Kirk Show, a company that specializes in gold IRAs and physical delivery of precious metals. Learn how you could protect your wealth with Noble gold investments@noblegoldinvestments.com that is noblegoldinvestments.com it's where I buy all of my gold. Go to noblegoldinvestments.com we here have some amazing breaking news. President Donald Trump was in the Oval Office early this morning, earlier than usual, announcing a historic and record trade deal with the UK President Donald Trump, as you know, has been embarking on a new path for American trade. And this is where all the experts were wrong about President Trump, and they were all wrong about what he was doing. You see, he was not only using tariffs to try and raise revenue for the federal government. He was not just only using tariffs as a way to try to encourage American investment and manufacturing, both of which are happening, but instead, he invented the tariff as a third thing, as A negotiating tool. Now, mind you, what was announced today is something that Joe Biden was never able to do. Barack Obama was never able to do. The United Kingdom, despite being a very close ally of the United States, was a very closed economy. And listening carefully to what President Trump announced today, and we're going to play a lot of this tape, it was very clear what President Trump's mentality is when it comes to trade. You see the media, and if you watch CNBC and if you watch all the talking heads on the economics networks and the financial networks, they're there to make you seem as if President Trump wants to be an isolationist, that he doesn't want to trade with the rest of the world. No, no, no. What President Trump wants is, is us to no longer just buy from the rest of the world. That President Trump does not want us to be solely purchasers, but also producers. He wants the purchasing and the producing to be equally yoked. You see, President Trump wants to make America the world's shopping destination. There's nothing wrong with being a consumer economy, but if you are only a consumer economy, then you're actually not a country. What President Trump announced today, and this is the United Kingdom trade deal. Let's put it up on screen. Is remarkable. $5 billion in new export access for our goods and services. Trump's global tariffs on steel and aluminum are removed from the United Kingdom. The 25% foreign car tariff is lowered to 10% for the 10 first 100,000 cars. The United Kingdom exported 101,000 cars to the United States last year. So this almost matches the current volume. Let's get this up on screen. Thank you. Over $6 billion in new tariff revenue. So we're going to be able to get more tariff revenue to hopefully pay down our deficit and fund our government. This is my favorite part. And interestingly, you could make an argument. And again, all the libertarians and all these squawkers on tv, they are so dishonest. According to this, you could make the argument that President Trump is far more free trade than Joe Biden. The United Kingdom tariffs were 5.1%. Now they're 1.8% reciprocity. That is what President Trump has always been focused on. I'm going to use the shock and awe liberation tariffs boom to bring you to the table. And if you don't do a deal, they will stay, oh, looks like they have a pope. That's a big deal. So let's keep our eyes on that. We'll be out within minutes. We're Going to definitely have to cut to that. Sorry, Andrew, you got to cancel all the guests. We got to go live for whomever the new Pope is. So we're going to do that on real time. So it looks like white smoke has been seen at the conclave. Very quick. Conclave there. Wow, what a day. So you got new deals with the United Kingdom. We got a whole pipeline of new deals coming. And you got a new Pope as well. So we'll keep our eyes on that. Let's do a picture in picture. Thank you, guys. That is a live view of the Sistine Chapel of white smoke. A lot shorter than the three year Conclave before. So we're going to pivot here a little bit by also talking about the trade deals. You see, Trump closes the big bold and America first trade deals. He's not locking the world out. He's locking in record demand for US Goods. Tariffs were used to be able to have President Trump cut ribbons on open markets and booming exports. And now the real question on everyone's mind is will President Trump seek a new Vatican trade deal with the new Pope? They are a sovereign country with, I will be honest, fair amount of purchasing power. There's a lot of wealth in the Vatican. This is a historic moment that you're watching here right now, an announcement of a new Pope. And we're going to be watching that live here. We'll just cut straight to the Sistine Chapel or whomever is covering it, or I'll do my best to try to announce this live. A lot of celebration happening live on the St. Peter's Basilica square. A lot happening. Let me close on the trade thing and then we'll talk about the Pope. This is a very breaking news day here. President Trump has turned trade talks into triumphs. He's turned negotiations into wins, and the market is responding favorably. I told you guys, don't be a panicker. Don't keep your head down. Don't look at your portfolio. Well, the market is up 500 days and look, markets will go up and markets will go down and markets will spin around. But now we have unprecedented access to ethanol. Beef cereals, fruits, vegetables, animal feed, tobacco, soft drinks, shellfish, textiles, chemicals, machinery and more will then be able to be sold more easily in the United Kingdom. Huge trade win. We'll talk more about that. But let's get to the even more breaking news that there is a new Pope. This is a shorter conclave and it will be very interesting the type of Pope that will be selected. I pray that the new Pope is going to be more in the image and the mold of John Paul II than of Pope Francis. It's no different than praying that you hope that an election in the United Kingdom goes our way or hoping that Milei becomes the prime minister of Argentina. This is one of the world's most high profile people, representing 2 billion human beings. It's good for all of humanity to have a Pope that believes in the sanctity of life, that believes in traditional marriage, that believes in, hopefully, borders and national sovereignty. So we can only hope that this Pope is one that shares traditional Catholic values, one that is good for not just Catholics, but good for the world. John Paul II had a geopolitical influence larger and greater than anything that people could have imagined in a truly profound and deep and measurable way. So the way this will work is this, is that there will be almost an immediate papal procession and then next Sunday, because they almost always do it on Sunday. Next Sunday will likely be the official coronation of the new Pope. And so they'll invite all the heads of state from around the world. And next Sunday will likely be the official ceremony. Think of it as kind of like a papal inauguration. If you will, email as always, freedomarliekirk.com people are rushing to St. Peter's Square right now. I might actually throw Blake on the show if Lilah. He's our resident Catholic and knows everything that you need to know about this stuff. So I might throw him on here. Can we get some open. I know that President Trump is doing a press conference. Unfortunately, Ed Martin's nomination has been pulled. That's largely thanks to Thom Tillis. That is not actually the most important news today. There is the 267th pope. And I say this as an evangelical non Catholic. I think it's pretty awesome that there is this unbroken chain all the way back to one of Jesus's treasured disciples. And that's pretty awesome. This is one of the reasons why so many young people are becoming Catholic. They're becoming Catholic because in a world where everything is changing, they don't want to go to church in a Costco and they don't want to hear some pastor's opinion that might change week to week. They want something ancient, they want something beautiful and, and they want tradition. And the Catholic Church has a lot of things I don't agree with and some things I certainly don't like. But one of the things I do value about the Catholic Church is they haven't changed. They're very honest about who they are and what they believe and they have uncompromising principles. That liturgy is very similar, if not the Vatican, I especially but to the original way that the early church worshiped. It ties generations together. There is a movement of Gen Z that is becoming Catholic. In fact, I had a whole pastor summit of evangelical pastors last evening and they said, why are so many young people becoming Catholic? I said, your inability to answer that question is why they're becoming Catholic. They're becoming Catholic because they don't want the trans nonsense. They don't want to have some sort of social media clout chasing pastor, give them a feel good sermon. They want to look up, they don't want to just look at themselves through a phone all day long. I'm hopeful that there is a spiritual reset and I am praying and I'm hopeful that this Pope understands the times that we are in and that there is one of the greatest growth opportunities for Christianity and that we'll ever find. Right now there is a growth opportunity in the west because the west is suffering under its own weight, suffering under suicide and depression and anxiety. We've been talking about a golden age for America. Perhaps, if it is the Lord's will and if we are obedient, maybe it's a golden age for Christianity and for higher purposes. And perhaps the new Pope can be a big part of that. Where this Pope can proclaim that there are two sexes, that this transgenderism thing is from the pit of hell, that children are made in the image of God in the imago dei. At its best, the Pope should stand up against the excesses of the Western secular world and something that Pope Francis, I don't think did very well. And I'm not here to attack him, but also to fight against Islam infiltrating the West. My prayer is that this Pope understands the woke green axis that is trying to envelop and suffocate the Western world. This Pope needs to speak out against the rise of Mohammedism, speaking out against the butchery of our children through gender affirming care to stop the cultural suicide. And if he, as this Pope, does this, I will be his biggest supporter. And Catholics will see an even bigger harvest of young people that want to become Christian. Protestants have very little moral clarity right now. We have a couple pastors there, you've heard me mention them. We have the great Jack Kibbs, we have Dream City. But there is very little moral clarity from most Protestant churches right now. This Pope has an opportunity, a once in a 1000 year opportunity. In fact, I would make an argument that this is one of the most, if not the most prime opportunities for the Catholic Church. And I say this again as a Protestant, since the Reformation, Protestantism is basically collapsing under its own weight. It's too bad, but it's true. From woke pastors to gay pride flags outside of many of our churches, to the BLM marches, to the pro choice stuff, to the pro trans stuff, to the silence during COVID And this younger generation says the Protestant church has lost all of my trust and it's very hard for me to tell them otherwise except for the exceptions. The ideology that has ruled the west since the end of World War II is crumbling and there is a huge opening for alternatives. But some people will join Islam just for that reason. But a muscular, forceful, firm Catholic church could out compete them and I'll be praying for that. And you should too, regardless if you are Catholic. Because it is good for the west and it's good for all of humanity to understand what we are up against. Hey everybody, Charlie, Kirk here. What does the future hold for business? 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Whether your company is earning millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars, NetSuite helps you respond to immediately challenges and seize your biggest opportunities. Go to netsuite.com Kirk Blake is here, a resident Catholic. Look at this. Live from. Is that St. Peter's Square, right?
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Lila Rose
Yes.
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Charlie Kirk
So it's the square and the basilica.
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Lila Rose
Square outside St. Peter's Basilica.
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Charlie Kirk
So a lot of people are very interested in this. We're gonna go all live coverage of the Pope. Okay. John Yepp will be coming shortly from Rome. Let's keep that. That's perfect how you guys have that configured. So please, the emphasis should be on the live feed there. And by the way, those of you watching. This is the best coverage that you guys are gonna get right here as we cover this here. So the. The. What is the timeline here? Let's keep the procession going, please, guys, on. On the screen. So momentarily, the Pope is gonna pick a new name.
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Blake
Mm.
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Charlie Kirk
So what is the process of that? And it has to be a saint, right?
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Lila Rose
No, the Pope can pick whatever name he wants, really. Just a tradition. He doesn't have to do it.
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Charlie Kirk
Doesn't have to pick.
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Lila Rose
There have been popes who didn't do it.
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Charlie Kirk
Okay.
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Lila Rose
There have.
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Charlie Kirk
Francis did. Obviously.
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Lila Rose
Francis picked a saint's name, and he picked a new name. Usually. They often pick someone.
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Charlie Kirk
They almost always pick a new name.
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Lila Rose
No, no, they usually. Well, they always pick a new name for themselves.
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Charlie Kirk
That's what I'm saying.
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Lila Rose
Usually they pick one that's been used a lot. Benedict xvi, we've had a more recent run of them picking new ones. John Paul ii. So John Paul I immediately preceded him and died after only a month. And so John Paul II basically said, in tribute to our Pope, who was taken too soon, I will take the same name. John Paul, that was a new name. But the previous popes were John and Paul. And so he was combining them. But beyond that, you usually get a lot of repeat ones. We had a ton of. It was Pope Pius over and over and over again throughout the 1800s and early 1900s. So I think the most recent was Pius XII, but almost all of those were in the past, like, 200, 300 years. Yeah, but they don't have to. He could come out and just say, like, oh, we're. I'm getting rid of that tradition. But it's, you know, it's a 2000 year tradition at this point, so you're likely to see it again.
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Charlie Kirk
All right, so we have a monster panel of Catholics, and I'm the only evangelical here, for the record, and I love Catholics. I love them. Okay, so here we have. We have Lila Rose, we have, I think, John. Yep. And then we have Jack Posobec. Let me first say, Lila, congratulations to you, new Pope. What is your thoughts here?
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Jack Posobiec
I'm super excited. It's just like this is like a birthday in Disneyland and all Christmas all in one day. So we're super pumped. And, you know, obviously we don't know who the Pope. We're going to probably know in maybe half an hour. Usually you learn within the hour after the white smoke. But I'm just grateful. I'm grateful for God's providence. God is good.
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Charlie Kirk
Amen. All the Time. Okay, so we have Jack Posobec from Rome. We're going to bounce around with the whole panel here. I don't know how we're going to do this technically, but. Jack, do we have Jack? Oh, we have John. Yep. I'm sorry, we have John. Yep. From Rome. John, congratulations. What's the vibe on the ground right now in Rome?
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John
The vibe is insane here. There was a mass, just crowd that just ran to the square, gently pushing and shoving, I might add, but people were respectful, aware of the moment. Charlie, I heard that you're sponsoring free lunches for all Catholics. That's wonderful of you. We're so grateful. Just from a spiritual sense, I. I do think, you know, people in the square, whether you're Catholic, Christian, whatever, there's a certain sense of the return of the father, right? Our this representative Catholics seeing that in that way, imperfect though we might be, and we're waiting for that man, that anticipation to come out, to stand on that logia and to give us his paternal fatherly blessing. Insane reality up here. Charlie. I ran across the square and just. My hands are shaking with the excitement. I gotta. I gotta admit.
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Charlie Kirk
Praise the Lord. And so the. We were talking about the name. So the. What name is actually going to be selected and what name is going to be chosen? Right. And I think Jack Posobec is also gonna join us. Let me. I wanna cover that, but really quick, about a minute and a half remaining. Lila, what would you like to see this Pope do in regards to the fight for life, the sanctity of the unborn? Lila, please comment on that. Let's go full screen with all of the proceedings at the basilica.
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Jack Posobiec
Well, listen, all of the, you know, the last century of popes, because abortion has really been this modern holocaust. We've lost now 1.5 billion babies to abortion globally in just the last two decades. So this is the modern day holocaust, the killing of the unborn. And every single Pope we've had in this century, in the last century, has been so outspoken for life because this is a core Christian teaching. This is. I'm getting an announcement here. Oh, sorry. Pope Francis was extremely passionately pro life. John Paul ii, Benedict, were all passionately pro life. So I'm confident the next Pope will, of course, be passionately pro life. The gates of hell do not prevail against the church, that they're going to be true blue on the faith and moral teachings of the Church. So I hope that we'll, you know, hear from him and I hope people will pay attention I think that's the key thing. I'm not worried about the Pope not being pro life. The Pope's going to be pro life. The question is, will people listen to the prophetic words of the Holy Father? Will people pay attention? And I'm very happy to see the whole world paying attention right now with excitement about who's going to be elected to be this Father really for, for people of faith. I mean, he is, of course, the Pope for the Catholic Church, but I think Christians of all backgrounds look to the moral clarity of the Holy Father. So I, no matter who it is, I, we're going to have a pro life Pope and it's just a question of his different personality, his different approach, but either way, God's got it and it's going to be great.
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Charlie Kirk
So I love that. Thank you, Lila. And I want to throw back to John for a second here. John, really quick. What is the, what is the consensus on the ground? What is the kind of bring us into the environment on the street in Rome here?
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John
In many ways unexpected. This is a very early decision. I mean, we thought maybe Friday. So the fact that there's a decision this quick, you know, it can mean that, you know, one of the front runners who we are expecting got the number of votes. So, you know, we're all here in anticipation, waiting, absolutely packed crowd, people are singing, waving flags, there's bands playing, there's, if you look around, just around me, there's little perches of all the different news outlets on rooftops just covering this, this moment really for the world. So, you know, the blessing that he will give, that you see there, the logia, it's urby at orby. That's a Latin for to the city, to the world, he will give that wishing, you know, the spirit of Christ upon all of humanity. So just a powerful moment to be here. And yeah, it's, it's wild, Charlie, I gotta admit.
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Charlie Kirk
Okay, okay, Blake, so Blake, here we got all Catholics. What am I looking at with all the high stepping, kind of medieval looking outfits. What does that have to do with that?
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Lila Rose
They're not medieval looking. They are literally.
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Charlie Kirk
I know, but what, what is that? I mean, I'm not being sarcastic. I wonder, what does that have to do with Catholicism? What is the connection?
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Lila Rose
Well, it's, I mean, Catholicism is an old faith. It's very much rooted in tradition. You know, when we've talked about religion, I've told you the big thing with Catholicism that kind of sets it apart from Protestantism. You've heard of Sola scriptura, which is.
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Charlie Kirk
Yes, I'm very familiar.
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Lila Rose
Protestants believe, you know, scripture alone. Catholics believe that there is tradition as something in addition to scripture that the practices of the early church guide us. And, okay, outfits are not part of that. There's no doctrinal reason you need to do that. But it's an old institution. It draws lot of its legitimacy from being old, from being continuous, from having connections to the past. And one of the ways that manifests is you have, you know, these outfits that they've been sporting since the Renaissance. One of the funniest ones you can see is you should look up what the Swiss Guards wear. The Swiss Guard outfits are quite colorful.
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Charlie Kirk
They're.
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Lila Rose
They were literally. I'm not making this up. They were designed by Michelangelo. That one Sistine Chapel ceiling statue of David. He also designed those outfits. Probably not on par with his other architect or his other artistic achievements, but they have their place. And so that's what you're seeing. You're seeing the visual element of the Catholic Church as this very old institution. And, you know, the way conclaves are done is very much the way conclaves have been done for hundreds of years. Except for the smoke thing. Actually, the smoke thing is only about a hundred years old.
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Charlie Kirk
Only 100. Is that right? Yeah, that.
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Lila Rose
I thought that would be like 20th century innovation.
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Charlie Kirk
John? Yep. Come on in.
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John
Leave. Like Blake said, Benedict the 15th in the early 1900s is the first one that used white smoke. However, the tradition of actually using smoke signals, I do believe Blake corrected me, that does go back to roughly 1325. So that's when the Pope at the time basically wanted to reign in ever. Why was the first place he was concerned of having undue influences from outside, whether it be superpowers or you name it. So he gathered sequester the cardinals for the first time in a key room, a conclave, so that they could prayerfully make a decision. And that's the birth of the smoke signal. But the white smoke was first used in the early 1900s. 1900s. Yeah.
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Charlie Kirk
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Jack Posobiec
@ the end of the day, the Pope is true blue, a Christian. And so you might look at him through certain lens of American politics or European politics, but he's going to stand for the moral teachings of the Christian faith. And that's what his job is, to stand up for Jesus Christ even when it's politically popular or not. I'll speak to it if you want. Charlie, should we talk about it?
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Charlie Kirk
Yeah, connect. Connect it with what we're talking about here and how the church needs to speak out against it. The what you're covering.
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Jack Posobiec
Sure, so sure. So Live Action, the pro life group that I lead just launched a new investigation, investigative report yesterday. Pro life is the biggest issue, the biggest cultural issue I would argue for any of us to be concerned with as Christians. It's the killing of our unborn brothers and sisters. But the biggest abortion chain is Planned Parenthood and they are not just killing a thousand babies a day in the United States, they're also giving cross sex hormones to 16 year olds. Our investigation shows that 16 year olds call it Planned Parenthood and they just prescribe testosterone to young girls, progesterone to boys and they're not. There's no question about the mental health issues that they might face. There's no actual counseling appointment, none of that. So long story short, Planned parenthood is receiving $700 million in taxpayer funds that needs to be cut. Charlie, I know you've outspoken on this and the Holy Father is very outspoken on abortion. You know, Pope Francis called abortion like it was hiring a hitman. That's how bad abortion was. So I think no matter who the Holy Father is, he's going to be very pro life and we have our work to do cut out for us in the United States. We got to defund Planned Parenthood. We're allowing the funding of this big abortion chain to. That's also transing the youth and it's completely atrocious.
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Charlie Kirk
So I want to now get John in here. I think we're also going to get Jack Posobic here. The candidates being selected, what is happening right now at this moment? Are all the cardinals basically in a moment of celebration? Is that fair to say? What exactly is happening right now? And then what can we expect imminently?
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John
Well, you see the cardinals from the picture, some of them are already gathered in the square. I also just ran up, ran into one on the way up the elevator, which means they have had some time now to exit the Sistine Chapel, get into position, or with a crowd, which of course means that the new Holy Father is probably already in a room of tears, so to speak. That's the. The chamber that's adjacent to the Sistine Chapel. It's called the Room of tears because that's where popes in the past who once they've been chosen, officially accept. And yes, they do shed some tears. Why? Because they're acutely aware they're basically receiving a cross which, you know, they'll carry pretty much until they die. So this is a. The new pope is in there. He's changing from the red to the white. He's already selected his name because he had to tell the cardinals. So the cardinals do know who it is, of course, and the name. And he will be coming out on the square. And you're going to have the archdeacon, a cardinal, who will say those famous words, Gaudio magno, annunzio vobis. With great joy, I announce to you the name of the new pope. Right, so that's what's happening. So I would expect, honestly, Charlie, you're going to see the new Pope maybe within 15 minutes up there in the loggia.
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Charlie Kirk
Okay, very good. So, Lila, I know you have to dash here in just a second, please plug again the great work you're doing and your final sign off here for everyone watching.
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Jack Posobiec
Thank you. Super pumped for the Pope. He's going to be pro life no matter who he is. So I'm not worried about that. And where that's the confidence we have as Catholics is that this Holy Father is going to be true north on moral teachings and the. The theological foundations of our Christian faith. And that's the gift that we have in a Holy Father who by the Holy Spirit's power, not his own power, by the Holy Spirit's power, is going to guide the church. And that's why the Catholic Church has never changed its teachings on things like abortion, on marriage, on these core theological doctrines, the Trinity, the divinity of Christ. These are teachings that have lasted 2000 years. Check out the work of Live Action. We are launching New investigative reports exposing the abortion industry. That's our job as Christians, to stand up and speak up for the most vulnerable. And we urge President Trump, you know, who has been outspoken against the transgender agenda, to defund Planned Parenthood. Because they're transing young people. Our investigation exposed that. And they're killing babies in the womb, over a thousand of them a day. So this is a time for action, both for Christians to pray for our new Holy Father, and I believe, for people of faith to call for the administration to defund Planned Parenthood.
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Charlie Kirk
We should absolutely defund Planned Parenthood. I totally agree, Lila. Thank you. John, stay there. We're going to try to get Jack in. He's having WI fi connection issues. All of you watching right now. We're about to witness history together. You only get a new pope every seven to 15 years on average. It's a big deal.
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Lila Rose
Yeah.
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Charlie Kirk
When was the last time. When was Francis elected?
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Lila Rose
2013. Wow.
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Charlie Kirk
12 years. It's amazing. So, Blake, I would venture a guess that the majority of this audience is actually not Catholic. This is of great profundity. This is 264 popes, I think they're saying. And it is kind of a rapid conclusion to the Conclave. So this is all speculation, but when we have a shorter conclave, what. What correlation does that usually give us? Or is there no such correlation?
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Lila Rose
So definitely, as we like to do now, we check the odds, and of course, there was betting odds. Is there betting betting odds on the Pope?
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Charlie Kirk
You're kidding me.
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Lila Rose
I. What has happened is with the fast Conclave, the odds that it was Cardinal Parolin. Parolin. I don't know how you say these things that went up. As I told you, he's kind of the centra like, he's like the boring pick. He would be the sort of, let's not shake anything up. Too much choice. And it's very possible. You got that if you got a pick on. This is probably, I think, only the fourth ballot. So you probably didn't have any dramatic swerves to a dark horse candidate out of nowhere. If you're only going three or four ballots, it might have been, you know, one or two to shake out very unlikely contenders. And then we have two thirds. There we go. Of course, this could all be proven wrong in a matter of minutes, but that is if you're getting one out very quickly. It's probably they were able to pretty quickly have the different wings of the church agree on some sort of. Sometimes they'll say compromise pick or just consensus pick or A choice who's not going to rock the boat too much in one direction or the other.
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Charlie Kirk
John, what comment do you have on this? Can you also speak to the international aspect here? I'm seeing flags from all over the planet. Talk about how there are people from all over the world that are gathering at St. Peter's Basilica and square.
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John
There are. And this kind of builds on Lila's point. I mean, yes, on the fundamental issues of faith and morality, the Pope's not gonna err. But the reality is the following. We did have a Pope who caused scandal, the last pontificate, 100%. So why am I saying that now? Because we have a duty like Saint Paul, the book of Galatians, he addressed Peter to his face when Peter, on a prudential issue, was going against ultimately what the Lord wanted. And Paul stood up to him. And that's the role. So it's not the slam dunk, like we're going to get this amazing all star representative of the Lord Jesus on that logia. It could be quite the opposite. I'm telling you right now because, you know, news flash, there are serious worldly influences who are trying to make their presence felt in this conclave. You have, first of all, you have President Macron who was here for the funeral of Pope Francis. He met up with five different French cardinals and he pretty much got his hand slapped, says, like, back off, like, like, stop. Because he, you know, he had his, his pick in mind. Then you have the Chinese Communist Party. They have a fantastic deal going on right now with the Vatican, where the Vatican gave them, you know, the ability to choose bishops. There was probably some cash flow between the two entities. So you got to believe it that the CCP has their, has their pick. So this is not a slam dunk. And you know, whoever that man is, because of the short bandwidth, like you said, I do expect one of the front runners who we expected to be elected might be, that might show up there. So it's, it's some very interesting times, which are. We're going to find out the next kind of like, like you just said, seven to 10 years of, of plan or program for the Church of Evangelization through the person that they choose.
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Charlie Kirk
Okay, so, Blake, what are you seeing? What chatter here? I mean, look, there's exuberation that we have a new Pope. My grandmother was a very devout Catholic, and in fact, so much so that I grew up looking at pictures of John Paul ii.
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Lila Rose
There'll be new pictures now.
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Charlie Kirk
Exactly. She would watch EWTN all the Time. And so I have great reverence for Catholics. And so actually, let's play this. Let's play cut 421. This is Jack Posobic live from St. Peter's Square. Let's play cut 421.
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Andrew
All right, folks, we're here. White smoke just went up St. Peter's Square. St. Peter's Basilica, the dome designed and built by Michelangelo himself, the head of the Catholic church. As the faithful await to find the name of the next vicar of Christ, the next descendant, successor of St. Peter, the next pope, very soon.
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Charlie Kirk
So the. Wow, the crowd is growing dramatically now. It is just really something. John, do you want to chime in there?
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John
Charlieaks yeah. So, I mean, you're looking squares, completely packed now. What you can see on camera is the Via Conciliation, which is the main street that leads, goes from St Peter's all the way down to the Tiber River. That street was actually put in there by President Mussolini in 1929 as a gift to the Vatican to kind of create some grandeur and a view and et cetera. Well, that street is completely packed all the way down to the Tiber River. So you're looking at probably nearing a hundred thousand people and it's just growing. The entire city of Rome just like descended upon this. I was here, Charlie, in 2013 and by the way, I got my grandma too, Macy, rest in peace. She was also a, she was also an aficionado of ewbtn so we share that, we share that in comments, Charlie. But in 2013, I was here for Pope Francis's election and we remember, I was a seminarian back then, so I was wearing black and white and I ran down 2 miles, hitchhiked part of the way from a kind Italian senorita and she brought me there and, and we were, we were there, you know, and I, I'll never forget the moment when Pope Francis did come out. And it's probably one of the rare moments in your life where you're going to have the ability, Charlie, you know, crowds, you see crowds all the time. Imagine a Trump rally where you can get every single person in that room to be like dead on quiet. Okay, well, Pope Francis did that. He was 90, 000 people. Please be quiet and join me in prayer. And to be there where two or three are gathered in, in my name, there am I their midst. That's what's going to happen, people. Just in a few minutes, these people are gathered here in the name of Jesus, you know, so. And we're going to have that moment of prayer. And if you're watching online, you're sharing it in it to some degree, so you see the genuine excitement. Okay, there's a. Because I do think it's. It's not just fanfare and fluff and. And like you're seeing a rock star. There's truly a spiritual element going on here. Those people are standing precisely where St. Peter himself was martyred in 67 A.D. that is the man that Jesus Christ called on the Sea of Galilee. He was martyred in that square and he's buried now underneath the basilica. So people are standing on the holy ground of martyrs as we wait for this person who represents Christ here on earth for us to show up.
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Charlie Kirk
Blake, do you want to comment on that? The. Oh, we got Jack. Looks like. Oh, my goodness. Jack is coming in also from Rome. What? Who's got better coverage than us? No one.
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Lila Rose
We're in pretty good shape.
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Charlie Kirk
Blake, you're going to comment on something.
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Lila Rose
No, no, no, Charlie.
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John
I'm not going to. Charlie, I'm not going to tell you what network I stole by sharing this part of the rooftop. So we'll leave that off camera, but let me just tell you, it's probably one of the best spots around, so. The best for the Charlie Kirk Show.
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Charlie Kirk
Jack, are you. Are you here? Can you hear us? I don't know, Jack.
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Andrew
Yeah, Charlie, I can hear you guys fine. And actually, I've just stepped out from St. Peter's Square is directly behind me. That's the only place I could find any WI fi connection. But, yeah, I'm hearing you fine. I hope you guys can hear me fine. It is absolute pandemonium as Catholics are ecstatic, coming out, waiting. The white smoke went up just about. Just about 45 minutes ago, give or take, and the. The square is flooded. We're going to see at least 60,000 people here. Barricades have come down. The carbonari, the Italian police, the Vatican police, they're just letting people in. My brother Kevin is actually. They made a big mistake and they gave him a press pass. So Kevin is actually up on the roof of the Vatican columns right now getting footage at the. He doesn't have signal, but we're going to have that footage as soon as WI fi. So we're going to have that footage as soon as possible. And we are all waiting for the announcement of the next Pope will be walking out of that balcony very, very soon.
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Andrew
My first conclave.
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Charlie Kirk
Wow. What does this meant? This is my very first conclave, kind of. What has this experience been? I mean, here you get to go to an inauguration and a conclave in the same year, within a couple months. How has that been for you, Jack?
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Andrew
You know, Charlie, I, one thing I'm definitely guilty of, and I suppose I'll have to bring up my next confession, is that I'm always kind of been focused on the next mission. And it's interesting you asked me a question like that because something my wife brings up often. She said, you really need to take time to step back and think about it. And I'll just say, as a kid who grew up in the Philadelphia Archdiocese, John Paul II was the Pope. But, you know, the Pope really only comes to America very rarely a couple of times during a papacy, usually like literally one or two, when I say a couple. So the thought that I would actually be in Rome, walking the streets of the Holy city, walking through St. Peter's Square like this, it's, it's absolutely surreal. It's something that, you know, I, I, I don't know, I think of my mom, I guess, you know, trying to, trying to get me out of bed early on a Sunday morning and saying, come on, we've got to get to mass. We got to get dressed up. We have to be there. Never thought in a million years that I'd be part of something like this, which. Which is absolute history and is really going to set the stage for the trajectory, not just for Catholics, but for Western civilization writ large.
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Lila Rose
Yeah, so Charlie just stepped out for a second here. We could be getting the Pope literally any second at this point. They said about an hour. It has been about an hour now, and so could be happening at any time. Just for fun, Jack, what. What name are you hoping that the new. The new pope will take?
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John
Well.
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Andrew
Oh, the name he'll take. Oh, gosh, you know, I'd love to see another Pope, Pius John Paul iii. You know, that'd be kind of interesting, following in the footsteps of John Paul ii. It's been a while since we've had a Linus. You know, I've always actually been a fan of. Of Pope Linus, the second pope, who doesn't usually get as much as much filling, of course, as some of the others. But I've always been a real student of his. His papacy. We've even had a Pope Valentine, so we could have a Pope Valentine ii. But, yeah, I think. I think, personally, I'd love to see another Pope, Pius the 13th, I believe, would be the next one. And I think that would be just. Just a way to continue the traditional line within the church, as opposed to a pope that would be going more in the vein of Francis, the Jesuit modernist line. And a lot of people are saying, Blake, that because the Pope was chosen on this fourth ballot very early, so you've had not even really. Not Even just a 24 hours of the Conclave from when it began till now. Voting Bergovale, when he was cardinal, was chosen on the fifth ballot. So also on day two, like we're seeing right now, so there's a lot of people saying, you know, is it possible that we did get a progressive continuation of Francis, or is it possible that we found someone who is more of a bridge between the two, bridge between the progressives and the traditionalists, Someone who's willing to actually balance out those two. Because while the modernists have made great, great progress in their eyes, it's really been the traditionalists that have seen a huge surge across Europe and North America with people flooding into the Latin Mass. And of course, Pope Francis was not so keen to some elements of the Latin Mass. So this, of course, was in the vein of Pope Benedict, who also really only passed away a couple years ago. So we've had. We've had quite a few Popes in just the last five years.
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Charlie Kirk
So, John, same question to you. What would you say to the question that Blake posed?
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John
I got a crazy proposal. You remember the 21 Coptic Christians who had their necks slit and offer their lives for Christ? We just celebrated with a 10th year anniversary. How about the new Pope choose one of the names of those martyrs. Why? To bring it home. That, that office, that role of the Holy Father. That is not some political position. They are there to witness to Christ and if need be, shed their blood. That needs to be brought back to the church, to church leaders across the world, all faiths. We've lost that. We've gotten way too comfortable across the spectrum. Until you see men who are willing to just do like what Peter did, shed his blood for the Lord. We're not going to see massive conversions. And we need that today in this world.
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Charlie Kirk
Can you speak, John, about how the Church and the Pope needs to not just speak out against the cultural degeneracy and wokeism and all that stuff, but also about Islam. It seems as if there's been a little bit of silence from my liking from the Vatican on the rise of Mohammedism throughout Europe. Your thoughts, John?
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John
Yep, right there with you. Charlie, you had a great segment the other day talking about Islam taking over parts of Texas.
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Charlie Kirk
That's right.
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John
You know, they are, they are a religion. Let's be, let's be honest. You got to go by the book. Yes, the principle, not every Muslim is bad. There's some very quote unquote virtuous Muslims. We get that 100. But in terms of its philosophy, the Quran, it is a, it is a quasi religion, if you call that of warfare, of conquest. And it does not sync with human nature. Okay. That's one of the defining characteristics of what a religion is. It must sync with the natural law. That's why Christianity, Judaism, they fit so well with what America is. So when Sharia law, for instance, that diminishes human nature and the dignity of man, man and woman. So it's a serious issue. The longer we try to avoid it, the longer we are, you know, we're gonna, we're a bigger problem we're gonna have. But I mean, Charlie, step back too. We're looking at this question of Islam in a 25 year little time frame. Let's go back to the first 1500 years when since Islam began. Look at what Christians have done across Europe. Jackson, expert at this. 1683, the Battle of Vienna. Christians rose. I hear applause. What's going on?
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Charlie Kirk
Let's cut live. Let's just. Let's just cut live to the feed and let speak for itself. Okay, let's do that. And you're about to see history.
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Blake
Okay, there's movement.
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John
Okay, here we go.
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Blake
The white curtains are behind the grass door. Now open.
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John
Here we are.
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Blake
He's smiling. He's smiling. He will give us the announcement. Here we are. Annuncio vobis gaudium manum abemus papam eminentissimum Acre verendissimum Dominum Dominum Robertum Franciscum Sancte Romane Ecclesia Cardinalema prevost quisibi nomen imposuit leonem decimum quartum. So the Pope is Cardinal Robert Francis Provost, who's taken the name of Leo xiv. Pope Leo xiv Cardinal Provost is an American and he spent most of his ministry in. In Latin America, in Peru and also in Paraguay. And he's an Augustinian father. He was the provincial in Latin America and then became the Bishop of Chiclayo in Peru. And he then is also who became the Superior General of the Augustinian Fathers as well. He's now the.
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Charlie Kirk
He's been the prefect that is the first American Pope. Is that right?
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Lila Rose
If, if we heard that correctly, Robert.
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Charlie Kirk
Francis Provost, Pope Leo the 14th. 14th, John. That is the first ever American Pope. John, this was not on anyone's card. John, please, not sort of.
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John
This guy came in the running the last minute. Now this, to be quite Frank, okay, roughly three days ago, Charlie, in a span of roughly 36 hours, every single major what you and I would call liberal leaning outlet ran PR stories in favor of this guy. That includes the New York Times, I think the Guardian had an article, and this guy, a national Catholic reporter, which is like the anti Catholic paper. Okay, so all these guys, all these papers all of a sudden did this huge ground support for Robert Prevost. Okay, so what does that, I mean, where does that tell you about what kind of man this is? I mean, time will tell. I self admittedly do not know him. Well, I have heard concerns about him, that he leans in the direction of Francis. But you know, let's give this guy, of course the benefit of the doubt. He hasn't even come out of logic yet. Let's just see, you know, who he is and how he will govern the Church in this next time ahead. But just that is an interesting biographical fact that he shot to the head of everyone's thoughts and minds about three days ago.
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Charlie Kirk
Okay, well, the first American Pope. Keep talking, John. He seems to be. Some people say he's a Centrist, blending progressivism with traditional doctrine. Born in Chicago. So I have that in common. So what do we think here, John? Why do you think he was selected?
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John
Okay, so there's the US Element. That's right. I mean, he's lived all around, born in the best city in the world, Chicago, where I'm.
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Charlie Kirk
Where I'm also from.
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John
Charlie, you know, there's American element here too. And let me tell you why that might be. Again, like we've said before, traditionally, almost never does a conclave choose a Pope from the world's reigning superpower just for prudential reasons. But there's a pragmatic reality going on here. The Vatican is almost bankrupt. Right. People stopped giving to the Vatican in the last 12 years. And honestly, it was well deserved. I mean, for instance, we had money that we had given as Catholics across the world to the Peter's Pence collection. Pope Francis, in his wisdom, decided to give half a million to the immigrant migration bans that were coming across to our border. So Americans were rightly upset. Now, when you make them, when you. When you piss off Americans, considering that we fund. You know, I'm just taking a ballpark guess. At least 50% of the Vatican. Okay, well, that's not a good business model. So, you know, this week coincided with what's called America Week, when a lot of the big, bigger name Catholic American philanthropists gather in Rome once a year, and they kind of discuss where they want to give their money. Right. Which is a great thing. Well, I know that they made their presence felt, saying, you know, we definitely want a Pope who's gonna bring things back. So who knows, that might be a contributing factor that the conclave knew that it had to, you know, get the good graces of the American lady back there to help with their financial situation, because obviously, they do some good work the Vatican does there and that and that, with the works of charity. So that might be an interesting angle about Huawei. There you go. You got the flag in the square. You got the red, white, and blue flying, flying, proud there. So it's interesting, Charlie, time will tell about where Pope Prevost or wherever. The name. I missed the name. Or Leo the 14th. How Pope Leo the 14th will conduct his affairs.
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Charlie Kirk
Do we still have. So, Blake, what? This is a shock. It's first ever American Pope.
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Lila Rose
I was literally yesterday I was telling one of the staffers, I was like, okay, there's various contenders. They'll probably never pick an American Pope. I just got. I got owned very badly. I did fortunately say all predictions wrong are your money back and you get total surprise ones. And this is definitely, like you said, there was some coverage of him as a potential Pope, but very much second, third tier, even of the potential candidates. There will be a lot of efforts to define him. I suspect this can go in directions people don't expect very quickly. So I don't, I don't want to assume anything. He might be, I'm looking, trying to see here, he might be the first August order of St. Augustine. You were asking me about orders of priests just the other day, and I think he might be the first Pope from that order. He was the prior of them. But, oh, man, this is, this is big.
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Charlie Kirk
I, I had a weird feeling. I was like, what if it's from America? And I was like, nah, no way. Yes, John, there's one thing too, the.
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John
Reality of the modern language. I mean, we don't speak Latin anymore. And, you know, we need a Pope that can handle the English language really well. Right. It's the governing language of the world. So we missed that under Francis. And a lot of times there was confusion about what did he really mean? He was speaking in Italian, he's speaking in Spanish. Well, we now have a Pope who can handle himself well because he's going to be dealing with leaders from all over the world. And that is like what we know. It's the lingua, you know, it's a. It's the language of. It's the new French. It's what politicians speak among themselves. So in that sense, it's a good thing.
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Charlie Kirk
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John
So that report was essential. Okay. You have. Because of the number of cardinals who were named. We already know that A lot of them didn't know each other. It was a lady who basically took it upon themselves. Specifically Edward Penton, fantastic reporter, and Diane Montan, who were actually standing right next to me. I put together that report and they gave that to the cardinals. They were literally standing outside those preparatory meetings and delivering those books to them. So those cardinals were reading that. Okay, that scorecard, which I briefly went through it. I mean, maybe Charlie, you can kind of mention on air what that report grades Robert Prevost on certain issues. Because that's very telling.
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Charlie Kirk
Yeah, so it is. He's against female deacons. He is ambiguous on blessing same sex couples. He is in favor of promoting a synodal church. Do you know what that is?
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John
A sixth senate, the nodal church. Look. No, no, no, no.
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Charlie Kirk
Go, keep going. Please, John, please.
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John
Here we go. We got. He's coming out.
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Charlie Kirk
All right, let's go full screen. Let's watch it. Thank you, John. You've been great. This is terrific. Let's go full screen.
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Lila Rose
Was talking about the Pauline Chapel. And that's where the, the new Pope, now Pope Leo xiv, when he will.
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Blake
Walk down this hallway in the, in.
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Lila Rose
The, in the chapel. And at the end of the chapel, it is an image of Peter crucified.
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Blake
Upside down, but the artist turned his.
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Lila Rose
Head so that when the new Pope.
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John
Is walking down the hallway, you can.
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Charlie Kirk
Peter's eyes are falling. Here we are.
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Blake
There we are. Pop. The 14th is now appearing, coming to the central log up of the basilica. Very special moment. There he is. The applause going up, the greeting, the waving big smiles.
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John
How amazing.
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Blake
And Dr. Liz Love is also talking.
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John
About the, the symbolism of the red that he's wearing.
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Lila Rose
You know, it is a sacrificial role. And that is the symbol of the.
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Blake
The clock that he's wearing right now. We see this beautiful closeup view from the side there at the same level as the lob. Clear the 14. Clear the 14. Amazing. Smiling, smiling. And you can see who wouldn't be taken by the moment. And I think, mind, you know, the weight of this responsibility. Oh, yeah, you can see it on his face. Amazing. After this, no. And we're hearing the bands below. The mutual salute of the anthems, the hymns of the Vatican hymn, the Italian national anthem, as we do traditional, traditional Easter and Christmas and after this, now Pope Leo xiv, he will give a greeting and impart his first apostolic blessing, the Urbiat Urbi to the city and to the whole world. So that blessing extends to everyone who is watching, everyone who is listening, your family, wherever you are. It's a great moment to prepare ourselves for this first blessing. It's most solemn blessing. You can, you can just feel and see the emotion on his face. And the crowds there gathered in St. Peter's Square, still arriving, we're being told from the avenues surrounding the the Vatican there, the the streets and so just getting messages here. Congratulations. God bless the pop. And you can hear the chanting from the square and we're all silent now awaiting his first words. Fratelli sorella carissimi questo e il primo saluto del Cristo risorto il bon pastore cheadato la vita peril Grege di Dio anquio vore che questo saluto di pace entrance Ra Jungese le vostre familia a totele persone foreign. We're just hearing the first words of Pope Leo XIV as he continues. We'll provide a summary here in just a moment. As we listen to his words, he's asked everyone to Brothers, this is the peace of the risen Church. A peace that is disarming and humble and persevering. It comes from God. God who loves all of us without any limits and conditions. The sound in our ears, the weak voice of Pope France who was blessing Rome. Here we have that fresh in our minds, in our hearts, in our ears, hearing his voice, giving his blessing to the world on that morning, on that day of Easter Sunday. Allow me to continue that same blessing. God loves everyone. Evil will not come. We are all in the hands of God. So without fear, united hand in hand with God and among ourselves, we go forward. We are disciples of Christ. Christ goes before us, needs his light as the bridge between God and His love. May we all bridges dialogue and encounters so that we can all be pray in pace one people, all in peace. Thank you, Pope Francis, for all you've done. We're hearing the first words here of Pope Leo xiv. Just a lucky Pope. I'd like to also thank my brother cardinals who chose me to successor. Walk along with you, searching all together for peace and justice and working together, men and women faithful to Christ without fear, to be missionaries offering these initial words which we're just translating on the fly here. I'm a son of St. Augustine and I'm an Augustinian Convoy Sono Cristiano with you I am a Christian and for you I am a bishop. May we all walk together towards that to the place that God has prepared for us. May we walk together to the Church of Rome. A special greeting. Of course, a special greeting. How we can together be a missionary church that builds bridges, that is always open to receive everyone, just like in this square. To receive everyone, to welcome everyone, our charity, dialogue and love. A greeting in Spanish. Please allow me here to particular to all of you, but especially to the people of my diocese of Chiclayo in Peru. We had such faithful people accompanying the bishop and we had such. Such faithful people helping the bishop. The Roma, the Italia, all of you. A synodal church, a church that's a pilgrim, that shows charity, always and especially is charitable to those who are suffering. Og today. Il giorno de la Madonna di Pompei. Today is the day of praying to the to the Madonna. Our Blessed Mother Mary always wants to.
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John
Be.
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Blake
She always to her love. Let us pray together for this new mission for all of the Church, for peace in the world that she will help us get the give us a special grace. Our Mother. Hail Mary, the Lord is with you to say Benedict of your womb, Jesus. Santa Maria, Mother of God, pray for us sinners. Amen. Pop Leo 14th, sir. Pop Leo the 14th. Very interesting. A few themes coming out already there from talking about peace, he's saying a greeting of peace. May my greeting of peace enter into your hearts and reach your families, all people, wherever you are, all peoples of the entire planet. May peace be with you. God's peace be with you, he said. And here we see him and his after having given that opening and beautiful words. Continuing also the message of Pope Francis, where he even said in Spanish and Italian, all people in the square and all receiving through new technology online everywhere plenary indulgence in the formula establishment. We pray to Almighty God and guide the church and the and the entire world. Now he'll give this, this most solemn blessing to the entire world, to all of you joining us, to everyone. So we now prepare ourselves to receive this Sonam blessing wherever we are. At home, in your car, at work, wherever you are. Sancti Apostoli Petrus et Paulus so ipsy interchat pro novis at domino Holy Apostles Deus etimisis omnibus peccatis vestris perducat vos Jesus Christus advitam eternam indulgentiam absoluionem ad remissionem omnium peccatorum vesp trorum spazium vere et fructuose penitentia cor semper penitens et emendatione vite gratiam et consolationem Sancti Spiritus et finalem perseverantiam in bonis operibus tribuat vovis omnipotence et misericors Dominus Amen. Et benedicio DEI omnipotentis Patrice et Fili et Spiritu Sancti distendat supervos et maniat semper. We just heard the blessing there, received the blessing there of Pope Leo XIV to the world, to the city, this most solemn blessing to all of us and all of you visiting and watching out there. What is interesting, he's smiling and I found very touching the fact that he made reference to his former diocese and Peru and spoke to them in Spanish, you know, very, very touching moment. And now they thanking them for how they accompanied him. And so from this moment, I think we. We all accompany the. The new Holy Father with our prayers and support. And once again, he asked, just like Pope Francis did before, he asked for continued prayers. You know, this is a heavy, a heavy task, as we all noted before. And he continues to ask all of us for prayers and also for the intercession of Our lady on the special feast day. And he asks us especially to be bridge, as he is.
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John
Both here in.
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Blake
The Diocese of Rome in Italy and throughout the world, and that we should.
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John
Build that in fraternity and unfurly.
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Blake
So many times Pope Francis told us the same. You know, there have been false debates, I think, in leading up to this about unity and diversity and things. And he's made it clear that he's looking for us to be united, but also to be the bridge builders and to bring about peace in the world. We're seeing a stunning footage or this video that he drone there going close to the balcony and seeing, I think for the first time images like this. Of course, the new Pope.
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John
There's about 100,000 people we're getting in.
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Lila Rose
This square right now who are seeing Pope.
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Charlie Kirk
Okay. That you are watching history here again. We're still learning about this new Pope. He is officially the Pope. Is that right? But there's an official.
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Lila Rose
I think there's no electoral college on this one.
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Charlie Kirk
No. But there is an official ceremony next Sunday, I believe, where all the heads of state come in and look the Pope. We don't know a lot. We do know that he attacked J.D. vance back in February. I believe this is a legitimate Twitter account. He said J.D. vance is wrong. Jesus doesn't ask us to rank our love for others. Boy, that's a misinterpretation of what JD Was saying. But okay, we'll find out more. So now we have Frank Pavone. Frank, great to see you. Thank you for taking the time. What is your reaction to this new announcement?
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Frank Pavone
Well, I'm astonished that they chose an American. What a surprise. And I have some connections to this cardinal. Our associate director at Priests for Life is also an Augustinian, Father Dennis Wild. He's been with us since 1998, and he knew the new Pope when he was at Villanova and he started Prevost, started Villanovans for Life. And we know there's a lot to be unpacked here, but the name Leo, that's important as well. And I'm sure a lot of comment is going to be about what is he trying to Convey by Leo XIV. Leo the 13th was known, of course, for his emphasis on Catholic social teaching and enabling the Church to speak to the moder when it came to the social doctrine of the Church. So hopefully there we're going to see a better handling of this than we saw under Francis and a little bit more doctrine put in along with just the idea of embracing and accompanying people. But that remains to be seen. But I'm confident that we've done now what I thought we were going to do, what I thought the cardinals were going to do for was to make some kind of a course correction. I don't think this is gonna be Francis ii. But a lot remains to be seen, because, Charlie, the office shapes the man also, you know, and I think we're gonna see that happen, too.
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Charlie Kirk
So what then is the expectation? Well, how does this work? Does a pope give, like, a couple formal speeches to kind of set the tone of his papacy? How does that work, Frank?
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Frank Pavone
We will see a few things start to happen. One of the most important things, just like we see in the civic arena, is what kind of appointments he will start making. Now, it's interesting they chose a man here who was in charge of the Congregation for Bishops. So over recent years, he has been responsible for the selection of bishops, which, of course, is a primary responsibility of the pope to assign bishops to dioceses. So we're going to see very soon not only in terms of whom he appoints as bishops, but whom he appoints in the various offices of the Vatican because he has the prerogative to, you know, bring in his own people or to let those who are in place now stay in place. I would look at that as much as the speeches he will give, he will be giving speeches now regularly. Hopefully he'll be of the style where we hear a lot from him. You know, Popes that you know will preach every day and send out lots of messages. I think that's good. I hope he takes the social media right away for the sake of transparency. But yes, we will see over the next few weeks we'll be able to assess, I think pretty quickly the direction in which his thinking is going to go.
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Charlie Kirk
So Taylor Marshall is saying this is bad, but I mean again, I'm not trying, I'm not even weighing in on it. This is not my thing. Right. John, what do you think here? I mean, I want, we want to keep this uplifting and I'm trying to, I'm the Protestant here. I want a good, conservative, traditional based, pro life, you know, anti trans Pope. What did we get here?
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John
I think just, I think honesty is the best recipe for true enthusiasm and hope. And I, I have to admit I do have cause for concern, for great concern. Although what Father Frank was just saying is also true that you know, a Pope, someone can change once they've been handed the responsibility of 1.2 billion Catholics. Right, but prior to this, I mean the scorecard speaks for itself. You know, Poland in the 1950s, 60s, 70s, 80s made Karol Wojtywa, John Paul II in the same way prevost Pope Leo XIV carries his background. And you said it yourself. And what's the scorecard? He was ambiguous on same sex blessings. I'm sorry but the Bible is not ambiguous on that central issue. So he also endearing his speech. No, there was, you know, good. And said a lot of the, the right things. I mean, but he did use that word dialogue. Dialogue has been hijacked by the left inside our church and outside of our church as it's kind of a false idea that we can, yes. Talk with the world, but never call them to repentance. You're gonna laugh, but I'm looking behind, there's another rooftop and on that rooftop right now is a priest by the name of Father James Martin. He's caused great scandal in the Catholic Church. And what does he run with? He was very close to Pope Francis and he ran with dialogue. Let's, let's welcome everyone in the church but never call them in repentance. I'm sorry, but you can't do that. You must be like Christ and you know, address their sins. So we'll see, you know, time will tell. Don't forget if the New York Times or the liberal newspapers are running positive media about you that should make you think twice. And that is what happened last three days with Cardinal Prevost. But you know, I think, Charlie, it would be good at some point, maybe we just, we offer a prayer in our own way for, for this man, for the mission that he is about to undertake.
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Charlie Kirk
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Frank Pavone
Frank, that's the most surprising element of this to me. And I think that we can first of all say one of my concerns, you know, our concerns with Pope Francis was he didn't seem to understand or appreciate what was going on here in America, our American politics, certainly. And not to say that this is necessarily going to be a pro Trump pope, but I have the hope that at least coming from more of a familiarity with America, he will be able to work better with the Trump administration than Pope Francis did. Now, having said that, again, we'll have to just see the specifics as they unfold. The other thought is very interesting. Like what you said about John Paul going back to Poland, certainly he's going to make trips to America. And I think this can really engage the attention of the American public to, you know, what is a Pope anyway, you know, and get a renewed interest in what is going on with the Catholic Church. But I'm even more excited about the other in the opposite direction, how the understanding of America and our culture, Constitution and our system of government will affect the way he leads the whole church and the way he works with the current administration.
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Charlie Kirk
John, what is your thought of an American Pope? What will this mean for our homeland?
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John
I mean, on its face, you know, it could be do some, a lot of good. Like Father Frank said, there's. He's going to make some trips, probably the United States, which they have large gatherings. But here's another thing to throw at you. We've had arguably one of the most confusing pontificates under Pope Francis. Well, what are the numbers shown? We've had a rise in the number of Catholic conversions across the country. So it's kind of a paradox in some ways that you might have a pope who wasn't, whatever, you know, more progressive, but yet you had all these conversions. So it's not necessarily symmetrical. It can help for sure, but, you know, that remains to be seen. I think at the end of the day, what's going to create conversions? You know, it's kind of like how Trump won the White House. It wasn't Trump that won the White House. He did, of course, on his personality, but it was us who saw our task, our own mission. In this case, the mission of holiness, of getting to heaven and becoming Christ, like, which is going to create the witness and create more conversion. So Pope or not, American or not, gringo or not, holy Pope or sinner Pope, it's up to us. That's how we're going to make the change. I really believe that.
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Charlie Kirk
Blake, what can we expect out of an American Pope? And then you want to go more into the history.
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Lila Rose
Yeah, well, so an American Pope, what we can expect, and this is not even necessarily the fault of the new pope, but 100%. You will see, obviously, a big attempt by media in the US Media worldwide, to play up any conflict between the American Pope and. And the American President, even if he doesn't play into that directly, they will do it. They will hype it up. They will try to generate that. So we have to be ready for that. We have to be ready to not fall into this trap. We're like, oh, this like, atheist guy. At the New York Times is saying the Pope said this. So I have to agree with what the atheist guy at the New York Times says. I'm supposed to think about what the Pope says about the President. You can't fall for this stuff. Don't, don't let it brainwash you in any way. There will be attempts to do that. I've been spending, while we've been talking here, I was looking up, he's Leo the 14th. We haven't had a Leo Pope in over 100 years. We don't know for sure who this was inspired by, but a good bet is you look at the last guy to hold that name. Leo the 13th was Pope for quite a long time, about 25 years. He's one of the longest reigning Popes ever. He's pretty interesting. He's from a period where they were called the prince prisoner of the Vatican. So Italy had conquered the Papal States, which used to be a thing. And because the Pope did not recognize this for the 25 years he was Pope, he did not leave Vatican City. So 25 years, just in that little St. Peter's Basilica area. Could not leave. Refused to leave, I should say. But what Leo XIII was interesting about, he was kind of the first Pope to really engage with what we would call modern day, like economic and social issues. So he wrote encyclicals where he would say basically capital has duty to labor. You have to treat workers well, workers have to have certain rights. And this would cause people to have different takes on him. They would say he was, you know, favorable, that it was like pro socialist or proto Marxist. It wasn't really. He was more kind of cutting a middle path between sort of, you know, left wing economics and like capitalism carving. Trying to carve out his own sort of Catholic position on it. Another thing he promoted, which I think we would have some sympathy with, is he called it subsidiarity, which is that decisions generally should be made at a local, at a smaller level rather than imposed by very high up authorities as a principle of government. And you know, as American conservatives, we're obviously sympathetic to that in an innate sort of way. So that's just looking at what he might be drawing inspiration from. I think initially we could look at, well, he picked this guy's name. So I think you'll see a lot of people talking about that in the days to come.
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Charlie Kirk
Final thoughts, Frank. And then we'll throw it to John. Frank, final thoughts.
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Frank Pavone
You know, one of the keys to the thinking of a bishop or a cardinal is his Coat of arms. They have a particular choice of a motto that they put on their coat of arms. And for Cardinal Prevost, it is in the one Christ, we are one. And I like that very much because obviously, you know, and he started out his remarks today by doing what? By talking about the risen Christ. You know, he didn't start by talking about himself. And this is really what a pope is supposed to do. And in the one Christ, we are one gives. We're gonna have to unpack that in the coming weeks and months and see how that's a key to his thinking. But it could. It could point to a good effort to heal the divisions that have happened in the church, certainly the divisions among the wider body of Christ. And of course, what always has to be front and center for pointing to the one Lord and head of the Church who is Jesus Christ.
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Charlie Kirk
Take this for whatever it's worth. He is a registered Republican. Our Turning Point Action team actually pulled this. No, this is. I'm not kidding. This is credit to Tyler in Turning Point Action. And he voted in Republican primaries when he was not living in Peru. Final thoughts, John, Charlie, you okay if.
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John
I lead you all in a prayer just for Christians around the world?
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Charlie Kirk
Yes.
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John
We asked the Heavenly Father right now to bless Christians around this world in this moment for the universal church. We ask Christians to renew their love for the Lord. And may he bless us right now. Bless Robert Prevost and his role as Pope of Catholics around the world. And we ask Our lady be close to him and ultimately keep us centered on what truly matters, reaching heaven and bringing people there with us. The name of Jesus Christ, the Lord. Amen.
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Charlie Kirk
Amen. Thank you, John. Thank you. Frank and Blake will wrap this up about 30 seconds. Thank you, guys. And there is a new Pope. It is Leo xiv, right, Leo xiv. Pope Leo XIV from Chicago. I got to wear my Cubs hat tomorrow. And he is a registered Republican who votes in Republican primaries. The primary is the key. If he was like faking it, he wouldn't vote in the Republican primaries in Chicago. That's like, you would not do that unless you actually believe it. So he might be a single issue pro life voter, which honestly would be, you know, not the worst thing. Thanks so much for listening everybody. Email us. As always, freedomarliekirk.com thanks so much for listening and God bless.
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Lila Rose
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John
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