And we're live. Welcome back to the Loopcast. It's Tom, Erica, and Josh, the Loopcast of

course, brought to you by the Loop. We just got to stay at this up top. Josh, you're looking

phenomenal. Okay, you're looking diplomatic, may I say. What's the, what's the occasion?

Well, I mean, for the audio listeners who can't see, I got a nice little lapel pin on my blazer here.

It is the U.S. and holy, the flags of the Vatican and the United States together because I was able to witness the ceremonial swearing in of Brian Birch, the new ambassador,

U.S. ambassador to the Holy See.

And so it was an absolute blast last night in Washington, D.C., getting together.

They're one of our friends posted that picture of Brian and his lovely wife, Sarah.

They have both sacrificed so much to make everything work for us at Catholic Vote.

And we absolutely wish them the best as they're heading to Rome within like the next few days.

Yeah, it's getting real.

And a little secret.

With all the kids.

A little secret because, you know, the State Department, all these guys are having to get things ready and prepared, you know. And when they first heard about this appointment, they're like, oh, my goodness, what are we going to do? Nine kids. Yeah. They're like freaking out. I mean, it's not like a palatial embassy, right? I mean, it's not, and Brian's like, guys, guys, I'm not, I'm not, some of my children are adults. I'm not, you know, Josh, this would make a good requirement for future Vatican ambassadors. You have to have a certain amount of kids. I think you need to have at least four. Then I would be in the

running, right? I got six. Let's go. What are we doing here? I mean, it's kind of funny, though,

because now you have two of the original three co-founders of Catholic vote who have become

appointed and become ambassadors, right? So Joe Sella, who helped start Catholic vote back 2005, he became

ambassador to Fiji. Now Brian's U.S. ambassador to the Holy See. And I'm like, okay, so what about

the third guy here? Right here. Hello. I mean, you're looking diplomatic today, dare I say.

Well, I do have to tell you, I couldn't stay in D.C. I'm here in Chicago, and I'm getting ready to fly today to Poland. I love Poland. And you're going to Poland to test out Polish McDonald's orders or what? What's the official reason for it? Listen, I might. I might just go to the golden arches. But I mean, it's always good food, Poland. I probably don't need a reprieve for that. Oh, kibbasa. The OG kibbasa. This is just Catholic vote going international, baby. It's great. Catholic vote, world domination tour is essentially what's going on. You know, actually, a lot of this stuff I shared with, you know, Kelsey and I shared with our audience.

If you become a monthly supporter of Catholic vote, you get our special insider email.

So I detailed it.

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