You're listening to Breakpoint this week, where we're talking about the top news stories of the week from a Christian perspective.

Today we're going to talk about the election of a new pope. We're also going to talk about artificial intelligence and how it's changing the way we view human relationships.

We have a lot to get to today. As always, we're so glad you're with us. Please stick around.

Welcome to Breakpoint this week from From the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, I'm Maria Bear, alongside John Stone Street.

John, we are recording this, as you know, because you're here on Thursday afternoon. And we just got

some really big news just a couple of hours ago. The Cardinals chose a new Pope.

This is the first ever Pope from America. He is from Chicago, which explains why my husband

immediately sent me a meme of white smoke coming out of the chimney next to the white W flag

that the Cubs always fly when they win a game. But I saw his speech outside the Vatican,

the new Pope Leo the 14th,

and he ended it with the Hail Mary.

He was very kind to Pope Francis.

I'm sure a lot of people were watching

and listening to the speech like me

trying to read between the lines,

but I don't know if that was really

the time or place to do that. What, if anything, does this choice signal to you? Well, I don't know,

and I think a lot of people want to know. A lot of people want to claim to know. And by the way,

the man we're talking about is Robert Prevost. It was a big surprise. I think the narrative has long been that given the amount

of wealth and centered around American Catholics that do have a pope from the Americas,

or the United States in particular, was unlikely. And yet, yet here we are. You know, you dig

through social media, of course that's

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