The death of Pope Francis.
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Isaac Saul
4.8 • 672 Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
On Monday, the Vatican announcedPope Francis died at the age of 88. Francis, the Catholic Church’s 266th pope, had led the Church since 2013 as a relatively progressive pontiff, grounding many of his beliefs in social and economic justice. The pope’s cause of death was identified as a stroke that led to a coma and heart failure; the stroke followed his February 14 hospitalization with double pneumonia. He recovered and was released from the hospital on March 23 but made few public appearances. On Sunday, he blessed a crowd of thousands in St. Peter's Square after Easter Mass, his final public appearance.
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| 0:59.8 | I'm your host, Isaac Saul, and on today's episode, we are going to be talking about the passing of the Pope. |
| 1:07.0 | We're going to break down some views from across the political spectrum, and then I'll share my take. |
| 1:11.7 | Not our typical tangle issue, but it feels like the biggest story, not just in America, but in the world today. |
| 1:18.5 | And there's a lot of, I mean, just to be honest, there's so much politics in Pope Francis and his time as Pope. There's so much cultural relevance. There's just a lot |
| 1:33.6 | of meat on the bone in terms of the influence he had, the impact he had, what he stood for, |
| 1:38.2 | what he accomplished, what he didn't accomplish. So I thought today's podcast ended up being really interesting and I'm excited to share |
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