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Speaker 1: good time because this one's about the Pope. Seeing as
Speaker 1: how there's one point four billion Catholics, this particular pope,
Speaker 1: Pope Francis, is pretty unique. Let me just take a
Speaker 1: minute tap in with y'all and talk about why this
Speaker 1: nigga was different. This episode is called we relatively speaking,
Speaker 1: lost the real one. Tap in with me, baby, all right.
Speaker 1: Pope Francis, he died at eighty eight. He's unique in
Speaker 1: a lot of ways, one of which is the fact
Speaker 1: that he's the first Latin American pope ever. Now, if
Speaker 1: you wasn't going to any sort of mass, you just
Speaker 1: regular church folk. You may be deceived into thinking that
Speaker 1: Catholics ain't Christians, but you have to remember up until
Speaker 1: the fifteen hundreds, all churches were Catholic. I'm referring to
Speaker 1: the Protestant Reformation. But don't think you're not connected to this.
Speaker 1: But even if you're not religious at all, you have
Speaker 1: to appreciate a person that moves culture as powerfully as
Speaker 1: a pope. But this ain't no theology. Course. We talking
Speaker 1: about Pope Francis, Pope being sick. He was from Brana,
Speaker 1: Saidrez Argentina. He don't come from money. That's one of
Speaker 1: the reasons that makes him so unique. He don't really
Speaker 1: come from money. That boy name is Jorge, Italian immigrant
Speaker 1: family really just built different in relation to the rest
Speaker 1: of the other posts that's being before him now. In
Speaker 1: the same way that I say I come from the
Speaker 1: church and Christian traditions, I come from a black and
Speaker 1: urban church. I don't come from you know, trump loving,
Speaker 1: evangelical power hungry. I don't come from that. I come
Speaker 1: from a different tradition that built underground railroads and fought
Speaker 1: for the civil rights movement. Pope Francicas can say the
Speaker 1: same thing fratchscan ordered Jesuit. They are not like the
Speaker 1: Medici winniperisera power hungry. They built different, which is what
Speaker 1: made him so different. That's not to say that just
Speaker 1: like my tradition got his problems, his tradition got his problems.
Speaker 1: And if we're grading on a curve in relation to
Speaker 1: the two posts before him, this man a dog on
Speaker 1: black Panther, Pope Benedict, Pope John Paul the Second considered
Speaker 1: themselves a return to orthodoxy, very conservative, and a lot
Speaker 1: of the reasons, why I believe it or not, people
Speaker 1: had been leaving in droves the Catholic Church. I'm just
Speaker 1: quoting stat y'all. So you have that high rich, incredibly
Speaker 1: stick nef version. But then you have the version of
Speaker 1: the desert Mothers and the Desert Fathers. If you get
Speaker 1: a chance to read stuff like that, francescan order that
Speaker 1: believed in aesthetics and that God's first incarnation of himself
Speaker 1: was creation. And if you believe the first way that
Speaker 1: God revealed himself as creation, therefore creation is holy, and
Speaker 1: all of God's creatures are holy, including the earth. So
Speaker 1: you already got somebody by just the strength of his name,
Speaker 1: is going to support issues to mitigate climate change, and
Speaker 1: is going to advocate for humans despite whatever faith they
Speaker 1: got that's already out the name. This the tradition that
Speaker 1: builds hospitals. The Claptom group that are the reason people
Speaker 1: in jail have civil rights. You know the fact that
Speaker 1: they get three meals a day. That's because of William
Speaker 1: Wilberford's in the Clapton group, who of course has issues.
Speaker 1: But again these are two different tracks. Pope Francis as
Speaker 1: a Jesuit, who are known for their embracing of poverty,
Speaker 1: supporting of the suffering and the downtrodden, and doing something
Speaker 1: called descending into the particulars when it comes to the
Speaker 1: things that are right or wrong. For example, is it
Speaker 1: wrong to lie? I mean, yeah, it's one of the sins. However,
Speaker 1: what if this is not Germany and there's some Jews
Speaker 1: you're hiding under your house? Still wrong? They lie? Jesuits
Speaker 1: descending into the particular. Now, having said that, so, Pope
Speaker 1: Francis in a lot of ways symbolized a return to
Speaker 1: in some ways the Catholic Church first Love, which was
Speaker 1: service to the poor as an act of worship today God,
Speaker 1: So because of that he was seen as too woke
Speaker 1: by some of them, but also a lot of people
Speaker 1: was like, man, this the faith. I fell in love
Speaker 1: with this, the Jesus that I thought I were. Enter Jorge,
Speaker 1: normal kid, actually wanted to be a scientist, gets his
Speaker 1: epiphany whatever however apocryphal. That story is joins the priesthood.
Speaker 1: Through a series of things they win, got time for
Speaker 1: becomes the Bishop of Buenos Aires, which is a super
Speaker 1: big deal if you've ever been to Argentina or just
Speaker 1: understand South America and Catholics. But the picture that made
Speaker 1: its rounds because his name started he you know, he
Speaker 1: started buzzing around town because there was this picture that
Speaker 1: went around of this man riding the bus and it's like, ooh,
Speaker 1: he different, you different. So fast forward to twenty thirteen.
Speaker 1: Pope Benedict the Second retires, which is something that don't
Speaker 1: ever happen. Now, you have to remember the popes have
Speaker 1: been Italian for thousands of years, and since Pope Benedict
Speaker 1: was such a hall monitored rule following just not embracing modernity.
Speaker 1: The idea that Francis followed up after this was a
Speaker 1: big deal. This man only spoke Spanish. He refused to
Speaker 1: do homilies in Latin because don't nobody speak Latin. Give
Speaker 1: the word to the people. You can make your argument
Speaker 1: about changing the system from within or burning it down
Speaker 1: and starting over. I'm gonna let y'all flesh that out
Speaker 1: in the comments. The way that Pope Francis did is
Speaker 1: he like, well, if I'm in charge, remember, because he
Speaker 1: comes from the bottom and his perception of how the
Speaker 1: world works is one that says you should be near
Speaker 1: to the broken hearted. So he went incredibly hard for refugees,
Speaker 1: for the suffering, and just known for these grand gestures.
Speaker 1: He ain't drive around in that Pope mobile. He even
Speaker 1: said when he passes that he don't want no big
Speaker 1: old orn ages put me in a wooden box. I
Speaker 1: ain't with all that get the money to the kids.
Speaker 1: He was more a return to the direction that the
Speaker 1: church was already on its way to, and John Paul
Speaker 1: and Pope Benedict were like two old school big Homie
Speaker 1: has not held his tongue throughout most of our refugee crises, Syrian,
Speaker 1: our border situation, this war in Gaza. He ain't held
Speaker 1: his tongue, which is really cool to hear bare minimum
Speaker 1: on the LGPTQ front, but at least he spoke up
Speaker 1: and said something. I mean, it's a two thousand year
Speaker 1: old institution with one point four billion people. It's really
Speaker 1: hard to move an institution that large. You gotta do
Speaker 1: small steps. I guess still on that celibate papalc with
Speaker 1: all males, he still think if you got a vagina,
Speaker 1: you can't be a priest. Now, like I said, grating
Speaker 1: on a curve is still something, but he was really
Speaker 1: being about what he talked about. One of the quotes
Speaker 1: is hypocrisy is to call yourself a Christian and chase
Speaker 1: away a refugee or someone seeking help, someone who is
Speaker 1: hungry or is thirsty, tossed out someone who is in
Speaker 1: need of my help. If I say I am a
Speaker 1: Christian but do these things, I am a hypocrite. Good
Speaker 1: for you. Pope Francis in his final homily, there is
Speaker 1: something sort of poetic in passing away on Resurrection Sunday
Speaker 1: and giving these words. What he says is, I would
Speaker 1: like us to renew our hope that peace is possible
Speaker 1: from the Holy Sepulcher from the Church of Resurrection, where
Speaker 1: this year's Easter is being celebrated. By Catholics and Orthodox
Speaker 1: on the same day. May the light of peace radiate
Speaker 1: through the Holy Land and the entire world. I express
Speaker 1: my closeness to the sufferings of Christians in Palestine and Israel,
Speaker 1: and to all the Israeli people and Palestinian people. The
Speaker 1: growing climate of anti Semitism throughout the world is worrisome.
Speaker 1: Yet in the same I think people of Gaza and
Speaker 1: it's Christian community in particular, where the terrible conflict continues
Speaker 1: to cause death and destruction and create a dramatic, deplorable
Speaker 1: humanitarian situation. I appeal to the warring parties, call the
Speaker 1: seas fire, release the hostages, come to the aid of
Speaker 1: starring people that aspires for a future of peace. Grading
Speaker 1: on a curve, he doing better than almost every popit
Speaker 1: in our church, unless you're black. But we're gonna put
Speaker 1: that on the side. And now the fun part. JD. Vance.
Speaker 1: He the most memorable man on earth. Every time he
Speaker 1: touched some break y'all see that man break the dog
Speaker 1: Holt Championship trophy man. What the hell is wrong with
Speaker 1: this man? Do you know what the story is? The
Speaker 1: Pope ain't want to meet him, tell that he had
Speaker 1: to send a cardinal out there to be like, tell
Speaker 1: that man, just all I'm asking just be a little
Speaker 1: you mean as fuck man. He didn't say fuck, He
Speaker 1: just like you just mean. I'm just I'm not with it.
Speaker 1: Even after meeting with JD's vance, He's called their deportation
Speaker 1: plans a disgrace and not Christian, letting y'all know that's
Speaker 1: what the man said. Hit go another Pope Burner. What
Speaker 1: a great thirst for death, for killing we witness each
Speaker 1: day in many conflicts raging in different parts of the world.
Speaker 1: How much violence we see directed towards women and children,
Speaker 1: how much contempt is stirred up towards the vulnerable, the marginalized,
Speaker 1: the migrants. On this day, I would like for us
Speaker 1: to hope anew and to revise our trust in others,
Speaker 1: including those who are different than ourselves, or whom come
Speaker 1: from distant lands, bringing unfamiliar customs, ways of ideas for
Speaker 1: all of us, our children of God. Yeah, we lost
Speaker 1: a relatively real one. Now who knows where we're going next.
Speaker 1: Apparently Pope Francis selected one hundred and eight out of
Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty five cardinals, and what he did
Speaker 1: this time was he got these cardinals from all over
Speaker 1: the world, most of them from conflict regions, areas where
Speaker 1: there's high diversity of religious beliefs. Because the pope believes
Speaker 1: in DEI Lord, may God grant us another woke pope.
Speaker 1: But I'll leave y'all with this, the question every black
Speaker 1: person on Earth is asking, or at least every black
Speaker 1: person in America is asking right now, who won't do
Speaker 1: the body tap in with me?