Teresa Tomio

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The Dan Bongino Show · Something Suspicious Is Happening At The Pentagon | Episode 27 · 22 Apr 2025 podcast

Hey, Vince, a belated Buona Pasqua to you, my friend. Happy Easter.

It was very sad, but as you said, given all the medical complications, I don't think it was very surprising. I was watching a lot of our coverage on EW10 Catholic TV, and even when he was greeting the people yesterday on the Loggia, that famous balcony in the center of St. Peter's Square,

I don't think he looked like he had improved all that much since he had been back at his residence at the Casa Santa Marta. I thought he looked very weak. It was beautiful to see him there, to greet the pilgrims in St. Peter's, a beautiful sunny day in Rome, the most important day on the Christian calendar. So it was very special. So I think mixed feelings, really sad but not surprised.

It's a combination of both. He's been very weak, although he has been doing some writing. He did write the meditations to the Stations of the Cross, the Way of the Cross and the Colosseum for Friday evening, even though he wasn't there. He also wrote some messages for his weekly audiences and his messages for the Angelus on Sundays, just putting those messages out there.

Those events weren't actually held. But usually what happens in this case is there is a group, part of the Roman Curia, that would run things for him. And so, for example, Cardinal Farrell, the one who made the announcement, is considered as a fancy Italian name for him. Basically, he's the administrator of the Vatican.

So he's been very involved in that, as are the other cardinals who are there based in Rome.

Well, you know, absolutely, and, you know, we say, as my mother used to say, we offer everything up to God and put it before the cross. The Church is His. It was founded by Christ Jesus on the Rock St. Peter, and we trust in the process.

We trust in the apostolic succession, and, you know, the Pope is the Vicar of Christ, and the Cardinals will be getting together after the time of repose, and where folks can pay respects to the Pope over the next several days, then the funeral, then the conclave, so we'll see where it goes, but I do think this is going to be a very different week for people heading to Rome.

For example, for my archdiocese, the Archdiocese of Detroit, we have hundreds of people events on their way because this weekend is a huge event or was going to be a huge event. The canonization of what's considered the first millennial saint, a young man by the name of Carlo Acutis. So their plans are all being altered. And so they're finding that their pilgrimage is going to look much different.

So they'll be going to pay respect to the Pope. They'll be part of a huge event. It'll be very different for them, but I think very powerful and beautiful at the same time. We will see. We trust in God's providence. And for Christians, as you know, this is it. This is the week. I mean, this is the most important week on the calendar. Easter is it. That's who we are. We're an Easter people.

And it was beautiful that he passed away. If you have to pass away, what a great time to go and be with the Lord, right, on Easter Monday, the day after the most important day in the year for Christians. So, again, mixed emotions. But it's always a tough time. I mean, for Catholics, this is our, we call him our Holy Father. This is our Pope, the Vicar of Christ.

So it's always a challenge to see the chair empty or the sede vacante.

I thought it was a very strong sign of openness on both parts of the Pope and the Vice President to meet together, even though they disagree on this issue of immigration. But in the Catholic Church, what's beautiful about the faith is there are things that we have to agree on as Catholics. There are certain morals, certain things, faith and morals, when the Pope is teaching us from the chair.

from the chair of St. Peter, right? We can't disagree with that. But the issue of immigration is something upon which Catholics can disagree. We have to care for the poor, care for the immigrant. But the way we do it, we can discuss that, and there could be different ways. So there's a mutual respect, I think, in J.D. Vance being a Catholic and the Pope being who he is, who he was, the Pope.

So J.D. Vance recognizes that. But we also understand, and the catechism itself is very clear, the teachings of the Church say that that a country has a right to protect its borders and that the people who are coming into a country have to respect the laws of that country.

So the Catholic Church is clear we have to help the people in need, but that countries have a right to protect themselves and protect their borders. So I think it was a good sign, a good step in the right direction, even though there obviously is some strong disagreement there.

Right, right. And again— The Church is very clear on this teaching, and I think people will do themselves a favor, and I know for a long time I didn't do this, but see what the Church actually says about these issues. And J.D. Vance is very well versed on the Church teaching. And I do think it was a really good sign that the two met, though, and how special it must be for J.D.

Vance as a Catholic, as a vice president, to have met with the Pope right before his death.

Well, here's the thing, and you and I know this, right, because we're both Catholic. We're raised in the Catholic faith. We know the faith, and from our perspective as journalists covering these things, it always intrigues me, and I spent 20, half of my career in the secular media. It always intrigues me the way that secular media want to cover this. They want to split us in two.

Now, when you look at the teachings of the Church, some people may look at some things, such as immigration or social justice or things like that as those teachings that may appear to lean toward the left, and then other issues such as life issues, marriage, sexuality, leaning to the right.

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