it's that time time time lock and load the michael very show is on the air the democrats for The Democrats are heading to El Salvador to try to bring back an MS-13 gang member.

That tells you everything you need to know about where they are as a party.

Of course, Kamala Harris was their nominee and Joe Biden before it.

We're going to discuss that and a number of other things today, but we start with major international news.

Pope Francis has passed at 88 years old.

The Catholic Church, whether you are Catholic or not, is worthy of discussion because it is a very

powerful influence across the globe in many, many ways.

And the passing of this pope is momentous because he was a very, very political pope,

or perhaps other popes have been political, but not against my values.

I am not Catholic.

I'm Southern Baptist, and I make jokes about Catholics, and seemingly every one of my friends

is a Catholic.

And it's an acquired taste to get the humor behind my Catholic jokes.

And so I don't tell as many on the air as I would like to,

but I get as well as I give.

My friends also make Southern Baptist jokes,

which I find to be hilarious.

But then again, I have what's known as a sense of humor.

I have a sense of hearing, a sense of taste, a sense of smell, a sense of sight,

and yes, I have a sense of humor. A lot of people don't. Humorlessness is one of the worst traits,

people who take themselves too seriously. I went through this morning the rituals behind a passing of the Pope, the whispering three times into his ear when he does not respond and he is pronounced dead.

The fisherman's ring, which is the official signet ring with which he stamps documents is destroyed to represent

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