Here's more Mark Simone on 710 WOR.

Well, lots to get to this hour, the death of the Pope.

Very sad, the world mourning Pope Francis, and Cardinal Dolan had a lot of dealings with the Pope spoke about him.

I remember when he called me when my mom died.

I remember when he called me during COVID to find out how God's people here in New York were doing.

I remember when I was in Rome on October 7th after the vicious attack on the people of Israel.

When he called me, but we were there together, he called me up at the Senate and he said,

how is the Jewish community in New York and give them my love.

Yeah.

So, you know, he was a very humble man, the Pope, very concerned about people.

The problem was a little too, well, not a little, way too far to the left, got way too

political, too much climate change, transgender, that kind of stuff.

The conclave will begin soon where they'll pick elect a new pope there's a list that's been around for a while

cardinal peralin of italy has been in the lead on that list for a long time

cardinals from around the world there's one american burke i think he's from Italy has been in the lead on that list for a long time.

Cardinals from around the world, there's one American Burke.

I think he's from Wisconsin.

He's been on this list, but very unlikely. So Paralin from Italy has been the frontrunner now for many months.

Now, here's the question.

The reason last time around they picked a left-wing,

a woke sort of a pope in the last conclave was they thought that by doing that, by going more modern, or what their definition of modern, they thought that that would bring

younger people back to the church. That was the idea. Get the younger people back into the church,

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