Well, Jesus was an only son as he walked up Catholic in.

Casey, I don't know if you're aware they picked a new pope.

Yes, it was big doings yesterday in Rome as the College of Cardinals, all 133 of them,

came to a majority and selected the 267th Pope of the Catholic Church.

And it's the first American Pope.

This is true.

And as the residential Catholic of the Kendall and Casey show, I put you in charge of finding

us a guy who could talk about the new Pope.

And I did.

Success, Rob.

You can count on me.

Tell us all about our very fabulous guest who will educate our audience like never before about the new American Pope.

So joining us is Scott Margello and he is the associate professor of Catholic Studies at DePaul University.

So Scott, yeah, Scott, tell us all about this American Pope.

Yeah, so Pope Leo the 14th now is, I think it's important first to note that he almost

certainly named himself after Pope Leo the 13th, who was Pope at the turn, you know, from

the 1800s to the 1900s.

Pope Leo the 13th had a famous encyclical called

Rayram Novarum, which was about the rights of workers. Pope Leo the 13th was very

interested in the connection between science and religion. He opened the Vatican

Observatory, which still exists today. And he was very interested in Catholic

education. He promoted the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas. So I think it's fitting, well,

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