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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Joining us now from Vatican City. Our iHeart correspondent Raymond
Arroyo is back. Raymond, good morning, welcome in, Thanks for
being here.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Oh, my delight and pleasure to be with you. It's
a beautiful day in Rome. I wish you could be here.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
Ah Man. I'll tell you what, when I saw the
white smoke against that blue sky, I thought, Wow, what
a great day it is there, And how celebration just erupted,
not only there in Vatican City, but around the country
as they went to different parochial schools, Catholic elementary and
high schools where kids were just glued to the TV
waiting for the big announcement, and well, the excitement was
(00:32):
just overwhelming in a lot of places.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Yeah. Well, look, the first time an Americans ever been
declared pope, first time we've ever heard English at the
top of a homily in the Sistine Chapel when a
new pope was elected. I mean, it's a pretty incredible thing,
I have to tell you. I know, the Americans are
really happy. The Italians are a little long faced, I
have to tell you. When I was in the square
with them, Yeah, they were hoping for an Italian pope.
(00:55):
I know, they've got a quasi Italian pope. He's an American.
But yeah, there's a little there's always expectation when a
new pope comes, what will he do, who will he be,
what will he bring? And there are a lot of
open questions even about Robert Privos, the new pope Leo
the fourteenth.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Yeah. Interesting how they always change their names to to
go to saints or biblical reference for characters, you know,
in the Bible and in the past in scripture. So
with the announcement, he is sixty nine years old, and everybody,
I think around the globe, including people here in the
United States, were a bit surprised that it was not
somebody from another country besides the big world power United
(01:32):
States of America. So, as you mentioned, the Italian's a
little long face. But what has the reaction been now
since it's been you know, almost twenty four hours since
the white smoke came out from Well.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
There's a lot of a lot of excitement here in Rome.
I think around the world, and it's the unknowing we
have to be frank you know, Pope Francis's tenure and
papacy was marked by a lot of confusion, a lot
of upheaval. You know. He he opened up moral questions
and practices that had long been settled, and that caused
(02:04):
confusion and hongst I have to tell you inside the
Catholic Church. So there's great hope that Pope Leo can
sort of bring things back to center, to root the
church again and the doctrines that are tried and true,
and go back to the apostles and just bring a
sense of calm again to the church. Cardinal after Cardinal
told me when I asked him as they went into
(02:26):
this conclict, what are you looking for? And they said, quiet,
we just want to pope who who does his job,
clarifies doctrine shows up. Is a vibrant, happy face of
the church, but someone who's not going to be an
agent of chao too often. Unfortunately, Pope Ranceis was, so
we'll see. I think having an American there, he's going
(02:47):
to bring a particular skill set and a view of
the world that no Hope before him has had. I
can't wait for the first White House meeting.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Yeah, and he's also been no stranger to traveling the
glow have been living in Peru, but being from Chicago
and Chicago as we know in Illinois lean's a bit left,
and there has been comments from this pope about JD.
Vance and I believe even our president that we're a
bit I guess, you know, controversial if you will, And
(03:18):
I'm thinking, oh no, not out of the gate already.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
I knowel those well, those are Twitter comments and things reposted.
But look, if you look at what they were, they
were not about the issues that he will be charged
with dealing with now. They were about immigration policy. And look,
I don't know why clerics field they have to get political,
but the Church has always been on the side of
(03:42):
migrants and refugees. The question is, and this is church teaching.
The government has the right to regulate its borders and
decide how many people can come in and go out.
This idea that the Catholic Church promotes open borders or
you have to take everybody in that you see, that's
not Catholic teaching. So that will be a tough in
the days ahead. Pope Benedict understood that, John Paul understood
(04:04):
that quote Francis took a different tax. We'll see what
the new pope does. But yeah, those those tweets were
a little troubling to I know some people, but I
wouldn't read too much into them. The point is he's
here to clarify doctrine, moral doctrine. That's his job, not
to be a world leader, not to be a president
or a prime minister. And I think we get we
get sidetracked when you start focusing on too many of
(04:26):
those those issues. That was the problem with quote Frances.
He put things like climate change and immigration above marriage
and the family, and you know, the reception of the Eucharist.
Those things are really important and that's your job. Stick
to it. We'll see if pop Leo does just that exactly.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
And there were a lot of people prior to this
that said and hoped in the Catholic Church, people speaking
from bishops to cardinals that you know, we're going to
look for somebody that can maybe bring us back, as
you said, centric to the Bible, teaching and wishing and
hoping that, you know, let's get back to scripture. Let's
get back to teaching the Bible and not playing with
(05:03):
the social waves that are healthy.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
Yeah, well this's the problem. Look, it's easy. You also
have a media apparatus. At let's face it, you and
I know this. We've been at this game for a while.
You've got a lot of people who are new to
the game, and it's easy for them to cover. Oh,
the Pope says, immigrants should X y Z. It's harder
to talk about the you know, two thousand year history
of reception of the Eucharist and what you know, what
(05:25):
makes one's qualified to get it or not. The truth
is the Pope is elected to be the successor of
Saint Peter, the first Apostle. This election was held above
the tomb of Saint Peter's. That's what's beneath Saint Peter's basilica.
It was built to protect that site, that hollowed site.
So this is a connection to the past that projects
(05:46):
into the present in future, and one would hope the
Pope focuses on that doctrine and makes it vibrant and
new for another generation.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
One hundred percent could not have said it better from
your lips to God's ears, that this pope does get
us back to the heart of the scripture. Excellent, Thank you, buddy,
I appreciate you.
Joining us now from Vatican City. Our iHeart correspondent Raymond
Arroyo is back. Raymond, good morning, welcome in, Thanks for
being here.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Oh, my delight and pleasure to be with you. It's
a beautiful day in Rome. I wish you could be here.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
Ah Man. I'll tell you what, when I saw the
white smoke against that blue sky, I thought, Wow, what
a great day it is there, And how celebration just erupted,
not only there in Vatican City, but around the country
as they went to different parochial schools, Catholic elementary and
high schools where kids were just glued to the TV
waiting for the big announcement, and well, the excitement was
(00:32):
just overwhelming in a lot of places.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Yeah. Well, look, the first time an Americans ever been
declared pope, first time we've ever heard English at the
top of a homily in the Sistine Chapel when a
new pope was elected. I mean, it's a pretty incredible thing,
I have to tell you. I know, the Americans are
really happy. The Italians are a little long faced, I
have to tell you. When I was in the square
with them, Yeah, they were hoping for an Italian pope.
(00:55):
I know, they've got a quasi Italian pope. He's an American.
But yeah, there's a little there's always expectation when a
new pope comes, what will he do, who will he be,
what will he bring? And there are a lot of
open questions even about Robert Privos, the new pope Leo
the fourteenth.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Yeah. Interesting how they always change their names to to
go to saints or biblical reference for characters, you know,
in the Bible and in the past in scripture. So
with the announcement, he is sixty nine years old, and everybody,
I think around the globe, including people here in the
United States, were a bit surprised that it was not
somebody from another country besides the big world power United
(01:32):
States of America. So, as you mentioned, the Italian's a
little long face. But what has the reaction been now
since it's been you know, almost twenty four hours since
the white smoke came out from Well.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
There's a lot of a lot of excitement here in Rome.
I think around the world, and it's the unknowing we
have to be frank you know, Pope Francis's tenure and
papacy was marked by a lot of confusion, a lot
of upheaval. You know. He he opened up moral questions
and practices that had long been settled, and that caused
(02:04):
confusion and hongst I have to tell you inside the
Catholic Church. So there's great hope that Pope Leo can
sort of bring things back to center, to root the
church again and the doctrines that are tried and true,
and go back to the apostles and just bring a
sense of calm again to the church. Cardinal after Cardinal
told me when I asked him as they went into
(02:26):
this conclict, what are you looking for? And they said, quiet,
we just want to pope who who does his job,
clarifies doctrine shows up. Is a vibrant, happy face of
the church, but someone who's not going to be an
agent of chao too often. Unfortunately, Pope Ranceis was, so
we'll see. I think having an American there, he's going
(02:47):
to bring a particular skill set and a view of
the world that no Hope before him has had. I
can't wait for the first White House meeting.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Yeah, and he's also been no stranger to traveling the
glow have been living in Peru, but being from Chicago
and Chicago as we know in Illinois lean's a bit left,
and there has been comments from this pope about JD.
Vance and I believe even our president that we're a
bit I guess, you know, controversial if you will, And
(03:18):
I'm thinking, oh no, not out of the gate already.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
I knowel those well, those are Twitter comments and things reposted.
But look, if you look at what they were, they
were not about the issues that he will be charged
with dealing with now. They were about immigration policy. And look,
I don't know why clerics field they have to get political,
but the Church has always been on the side of
(03:42):
migrants and refugees. The question is, and this is church teaching.
The government has the right to regulate its borders and
decide how many people can come in and go out.
This idea that the Catholic Church promotes open borders or
you have to take everybody in that you see, that's
not Catholic teaching. So that will be a tough in
the days ahead. Pope Benedict understood that, John Paul understood
(04:04):
that quote Francis took a different tax. We'll see what
the new pope does. But yeah, those those tweets were
a little troubling to I know some people, but I
wouldn't read too much into them. The point is he's
here to clarify doctrine, moral doctrine. That's his job, not
to be a world leader, not to be a president
or a prime minister. And I think we get we
get sidetracked when you start focusing on too many of
(04:26):
those those issues. That was the problem with quote Frances.
He put things like climate change and immigration above marriage
and the family, and you know, the reception of the Eucharist.
Those things are really important and that's your job. Stick
to it. We'll see if pop Leo does just that exactly.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
And there were a lot of people prior to this
that said and hoped in the Catholic Church, people speaking
from bishops to cardinals that you know, we're going to
look for somebody that can maybe bring us back, as
you said, centric to the Bible, teaching and wishing and
hoping that, you know, let's get back to scripture. Let's
get back to teaching the Bible and not playing with
(05:03):
the social waves that are healthy.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
Yeah, well this's the problem. Look, it's easy. You also
have a media apparatus. At let's face it, you and
I know this. We've been at this game for a while.
You've got a lot of people who are new to
the game, and it's easy for them to cover. Oh,
the Pope says, immigrants should X y Z. It's harder
to talk about the you know, two thousand year history
of reception of the Eucharist and what you know, what
(05:25):
makes one's qualified to get it or not. The truth
is the Pope is elected to be the successor of
Saint Peter, the first Apostle. This election was held above
the tomb of Saint Peter's. That's what's beneath Saint Peter's basilica.
It was built to protect that site, that hollowed site.
So this is a connection to the past that projects
(05:46):
into the present in future, and one would hope the
Pope focuses on that doctrine and makes it vibrant and
new for another generation.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
One hundred percent could not have said it better from
your lips to God's ears, that this pope does get
us back to the heart of the scripture. Excellent, Thank you, buddy,
I appreciate you.
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