Welcome to the Weekend Edition of “It’s Another Day with Jim and Bill”-Episode 919-We have an American Pope-Pope Leo XIV-but is the new Pope the same as the old Pope-we talk about this today

Welcome to the Weekend Edition of “It’s Another Day with Jim and Bill”-Episode 919-We have an American Pope…Leo XIV. It’s the first time that a Cardinal from this side of the ocean has been elevated to this most holy position. Many thought that the Church would never allow an American to occupy the Papacy. They didn’t want to have one country control so much of the world’s power. So why the change of mind? Well…it seems that Francis hand-picked this Pope. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was only made a Cardinal in September of 2023. His ascension to the throne was blistering fast, to say the least. Is it because the new Pope is the same as the old Pope?  We talk about this and more today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices