In this week’s episode, our surgeon gets a lot more general, Celine Dion's heart will go QAnon, and we’ll get started with all new papal nicknames.
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Headlines:
Vatican goes with a white guy again: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/world/europe/who-is-robert-francis-prevost-pope-leo-xiv.html and https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/09/world/sexual-abuse-mishandling-allegations-pope-leo-xiv
Catholic Bishops Defy New US State Law To Report Child Abuse: https://www.newsweek.com/catholic-bishops-defy-new-us-state-law-report-child-abuse-2070038
Trump nominates pseudoscience NOT A DOCTOR to be surgeon general:
https://ground.news/article/everything-trumps-surgeon-general-nominee-casey-means-said-about-vaccines
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/science/casey-means-trump-surgeon-general.html
https://www.wonkette.com/p/what-nonsense-does-trumps-wellness
Jim Bakker claims he needs a million bucks to stave off homelessness: https://www.yahoo.com/news/televangelist-jim-bakker-says-needs-044513388.html
Kentucky police agencies paid for proselytizing canine training at Ark Encounter: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/investigations/2025/05/12/ark-encounter-kentucky-holds-canine-training-for-police-with-sermons/83331517007/
Celine Dion might be a baby-eating illuminati demon queen: https://www.wonkette.com/p/is-celine-dion-a-baby-eating-illuminati