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🗓️ 12 May 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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There's a new pope, and he's made in America. Celebrate the election of Chicago's Pope Leo XIV with a look back at The Daily Show's papal past.
Jon Stewart breaks down all the news following the death of Pope John Paul II with help from Ed Helms. Jon discovers the Pope has a Twitter handle. Ed Helms demos his conclave simulator. Jon covers the ascendance of Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis, and finally covers the papal views on economics, aka Popenomics.
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0:00.0 | You're listening to an I-Heart podcast. |
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0:12.5 | But as funeral preparations continue, the death of Pope John Paul II has prompted tributes from around the world. |
0:19.0 | In Argentina, the nation's leaders attended church, |
0:21.6 | while Mexican President Vincente Fox paid a call |
0:23.6 | to his country's Vatican Embassy. |
0:25.6 | Elsewhere, the Pope, who was credited as a leading force |
0:28.6 | of anti-communism in the 80s, was fondly remembered by |
0:31.6 | what? |
0:42.0 | That's right, a condolence book signed by none other than Fidel Castro. |
0:43.4 | Who? |
0:46.9 | And I say this with all respect is next. |
0:54.4 | That's the pool I'm in. |
0:57.8 | But perhaps the most moving tribute took place in Brazil, |
1:00.7 | specifically that Catholic hotbed of Rio de Janeiro, |
1:04.5 | where soccer fans remembered the Holy Father like this. |
1:21.6 | Pope! And these people are mourning. And these people are mourning. |
1:24.6 | You cannot bring the Brazilians down. |
1:28.3 | You can't do it! |
1:30.3 | In Rome, millions of people filled the streets |
1:33.3 | for a chance to pay their respects to the Pontiff in person. |
1:36.3 | While outside St. Peter's Cathedral, |
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