An exciting day for Catholics and for America.

We have a new Pope.

And against all odds, he is one of us, an American Pope.

The Pope Mobile is now a Ford F-250 with truck nuts.

The new Pope actually graduated from Villanova University.

It's wild that we have a Pope who might have done a cake stand outside an Eagles game.

Might have.

It's not just that Leo is an American.

He was born in Chicago.

This means, this means, officially, I can no longer imitate the Pope using an Italian accent.

From now on, the Pope's going to sound like this.

Hey there, it's your buddy Leo, the deep dish papa.

Just talk to God, and not even he can help the White Sox.

Sorry.

First order of business, I will be canonizing Michael Jordan.

Now, let's end by saying, da, prayers.

Good morning and welcome to morning, Joe. It is Friday, May the 9th. With us,

we have our co-hosts for our fourth hour, a contributing writer at the Atlantic, Jonathan

Lemire, Rogers Chair, the American University, American Presidency at Vanderbilt

University historian John Meachamam and MSNBC anchor Chris

Janssen Willie what a headline nobody in our lifetime expected to see this an American Pope and here's the Wall Street Journal. And again, their view of it again,

just absolutely incredible. First Pope from U.S. elected. Willie, you know, Jack was at school and

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