Conclave Me, Daddy! Katelyn and Christine’s long-anticipated “cradle Catholic” episode arrives as the church’s cardinals gather at the Vatican to elect a new pope following the death of Pope Francis in April. Come for the “cardinal stacking,” stay for the cosplaying on Cancel Me, Daddy’s YouTube channel, where you can stream the full episode.

This week, Katelyn and Christine put the “Spotlight” on the “Conclave” with an expansive conversation about the past, present, and future of the Catholic Church in their lives and as an influence on policy and politics around the world. Was Pope Francis really the “woke pope” that the media made him out to be? Reinforcing and reaffirming anti-trans bigotry and abortion stigma are as much a part of his legacy as his climate change, migrant, and Gaza ceasefire advocacy, according to Katelyn and Christine. Pope Francis didn’t take substantive action to address the Church’s rampant child sexual abuse, either. How much influence can the head of an institution have on the institution? But it is never all serious on the pod. Katelyn and Christine pick their favorite pope memes and least favorite adult converts, both of which include J.D. Vance. And Katelyn and Christine compare their New England Irish Catholic and New Jersey Italian Catholic childhoods (guess whose?). By the end of the episode, one will be elected the “woke people” (guess who?).

Links:

• Cancel Me, Daddy’s YouTube channel
• Katelyn Burns for MSNBC: I sometimes miss my Catholic faith. The Vatican’s new decree reminds me why I’ll never go back.
• Christine Grimaldi for GEN magazine (RIP): Meet the Conservative Power Couple Behind Trump’s War on Your Civil Rights
• Matt Novak for Gizmodo: The Funniest Memes About JD Vance Killing the Pope
• Jude Ellison S. Doyle for Medium: What We Talk About When We Talk About Elizabeth Bruenig
• Queer “Conclave” reviews (spoiler alert): J.P. Brammer for ¡Hola Papi!: PopeCrave and Samantha Allen and James Factora for them: We Need to Talk About the [Redacted] Twist in Conclave

Anas Baba and Jane Arraf for NPR: Gaza's Catholics mourn Pope Francis. 'He used to call us at 7 p.m. every night'

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