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Well, the Pope has passed.

Amazing story.

Easter Sunday. There is an a Popemobile after pretty intense two months of illness, double pneumonia,

88 years old. And he's out in Madison Square, thousands of people. And then he talks to Vice President Vance.

We'll get into all of this.

It's an important story.

Even if you don't believe in God or the Catholic Church or the Pope or anything like that,

because it clashes theology and politics.

And that's going to increasingly become important in this world,

not just in this country.

And that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo.

So Pope died at 7.35 this morning Monday in Rome. And he was 88, as I mentioned. And people were shocked

because of yesterday's Pope Mobile appearance. And he looked very clear at eyeyed as he walked around and greeted everybody and

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