Schweizer: Even for non-Catholics, the Next Pope Matters

The Drill Down with Peter Schweizer

Government Accountability Institute

News Commentary, News, Daily News, Politics

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🗓️ 30 April 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Even for non-Catholics, the pope is a figure of world significance who can affect politics in every nation around the globe, as Francis, the first pope from Latin America, clearly did. On the latest episode of The Drill Down, hosts Peter Schweizer and Eric Eggers of the Government Accountability Institute avoid theology but instead follow the money the church received from the Biden administration, and it leads to the church’s role in the immigration crisis in the US.

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0:00.0	Research that resonates.
0:05.0	He's the president of the Government Accountability Institute, Peter Switzer.
0:09.0	Peter Schweitzer. Peter Schweitzer. Peter Schweitzer has spent many years.
0:15.0	In fact, probably done a more comprehensive job than anyone's ever done,
0:18.0	chronicling the corruption by the powerful in Washington. Be very prescient, Eric Eggers.
0:22.9	Join me right now is Government Accountability Institute Research Director, Eric Eggers.
0:27.6	We're going to take information that we've learned, that people like Peter Schweitzer have
0:31.4	uncovered, and we're going to try to go further.
0:34.3	Great investigative reporting, Peter. You're the only one doing it thank god eric egers
0:39.0	from the government accountability institute and co-hosts of that great podcast the drill down
0:43.8	with peter schweitzer this is the drill down with peter schweitzer hi is peter schweitzer and welcome to the
0:51.2	drill down there's a very important election that is about to take place.
0:56.1	It involves a Catholic church who's going to be picking a new pope. And we're going to talk today
1:00.4	about the importance of this election and why, whether you are a Catholic, Protestant, or none
1:05.6	of the above, you should care about the outcome. The host of this program, of course, is Eric Eggers,
1:10.7	Eric, wondering, did you ever consider the priesthood as a vocation? You know, I appreciate the sentiment behind that question, Peter. And I'm happy to say that the answer is no. But, you know, in God's wisdom, much like how Jonah tried to avoid Nineveh and ended up kind of there anyway.
1:27.9	I would say, here I am in my mid-40s. And, you know, I'm sort of adjacent to
1:32.4	accusations of financial mismanagement and scandalous behavior. But I continue to try to do
1:38.7	the right thing and have God use me as a blessing. And some people do call me father.
1:43.0	They do. Yeah. Some people do call you father so they do yeah some people do call you father well
1:45.2	so we've got this very important conclave uh that is coming up it's going to be happening on may
1:50.6	the 7th this is when the senior leadership of the church is going to get together and they're going
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