Bishop Robert Barron: It’s Amazing To Think of the Pope as Speaking with a South Side Chicago Accent as I Do

GEIST Joining us now ░░░░░░░░ the Vatican is Bishop ░░░░░░░░ Barron of the Diocese ░░░░░░░░ Winona Rochester in Minnesota ░░░░░░░░ great to have you ░░░░░░░░ on the show And ░░░░░░░░ spoke to you 24 ░░░░░░░░ ago There was speculation ░░░░░░░░ who the choice might ░░░░░░░░ A long shot I ░░░░░░░░ it s fair to ░░░░░░░░ was then Cardinal Prevost ░░░░░░░░ Pope Leo XIV What ░░░░░░░░ your thoughts this morning ░░░░░░░░ Well I was one ░░░░░░░░ those people saying it ░░░░░░░░ never be an American ░░░░░░░░ name was mentioned Everyone ░░░░░░░░ his qualities but everybody ░░░░░░░░ it won t be ░░░░░░░░ American I was standing ░░░░░░░░ here doing a little ░░░░░░░░ and then the roar ░░░░░░░░ up behind me and ░░░░░░░░ couldn t believe it ░░░░░░░░ was such an early ░░░░░░░░ You know after I ░░░░░░░░ gotten over the shock ░░░░░░░░ it and last night ░░░░░░░░ the adrenaline going I ░░░░░░░░ trouble getting to sleep ░░░░░░░░ kept drifting back to ░░░░░░░░ name His name I ░░░░░░░░ is extraordinarily important If ░░░░░░░░ was you know simply ░░░░░░░░ with Francis why wouldn ░░░░░░░░ he be Francis II ░░░░░░░░ didn t choose that ░░░░░░░░ He could have chosen ░░░░░░░░ name like John Paul ░░░░░░░░ like John XXIV and ░░░░░░░░ have given a very ░░░░░░░░ indication I m on ░░░░░░░░ side or that side ░░░░░░░░ fact that he reached ░░░░░░░░ to the very end ░░░░░░░░ the 19th century to ░░░░░░░░ figure Leo XIII is ░░░░░░░░ telling Leo was someone ░░░░░░░░ at a pivotal moment ░░░░░░░░ modernity in a creative ░░░░░░░░ The church had said ░░░░░░░░ initially to the you ░░░░░░░░ political reforms of the ░░░░░░░░ century the philosophical innovations ░░░░░░░░ the 19th century especially ░░░░░░░░ It simply said no ░░░░░░░░ gave a very nuanced ░░░░░░░░ that was both affirming ░░░░░░░░ and challenging and therefore ░░░░░░░░ sets the tone I ░░░░░░░░ for a very intelligent ░░░░░░░░ engagement with the modern ░░░░░░░░ I think that s ░░░░░░░░ our new pope was ░░░░░░░░ by choosing this extraordinary ░░░░░░░░ My other thought was ░░░░░░░░ m the same generation ░░░░░░░░ this man We re ░░░░░░░░ four years apart in ░░░░░░░░ I grew up in ░░░░░░░░ traffic about 25 minutes ░░░░░░░░ where he did So ░░░░░░░░ is kind of amazing ░░░░░░░░ think of the pope ░░░░░░░░ speaking with a South ░░░░░░░░ Chicago accent as I ░░░░░░░░ There s something I ░░░░░░░░ wonderful for Americans about ░░░░░░░░ But he s someone ░░░░░░░░ will lift up the ░░░░░░░░ church, for sure.”