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Rogue Energy

The Poetic Passing of the Pope

Rogue Energy

iHeartPodcasts

Relationships, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Education, Self-improvement

34.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Amy and T. J. were jolted this morning by news that Pope Francis had died.  Amy is a "recovering Catholic," and T. J. isn't Catholic in the least bit.  But still, Pope Francis had an unexpectedly profound impact on them.  In this episode recorded shortly after news of his death, Amy & T. J. discuss the final 2 months of Pope Francis' extraordinary life, and how the 88 year old saved his best for last.

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0:00.0

Hey there, folks, in this episode, he lived 88 years, but Pope Francis saved his best for last.

0:10.8

And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. When I say Robes Best for Last, when I say Last, I mean the last two and a half months of his life that we watched in a very intimate way and watched

0:23.0

it very closely day in day out and I guess you could say robes in two and a half months of his life

0:27.7

the last two and a half months things went from dire to miraculous to triumphant to shocking

0:35.3

but every step of the way,

0:37.5

that was an inspiration he gave us in the last two and a half months.

0:40.3

It's so true.

0:41.4

We were just reflecting, doing the morning run every morning,

0:45.8

we were giving those constant updates,

0:47.6

and we were holding our breath each morning when we woke up to see what the latest was

0:51.9

with the Pope.

0:53.1

So we were rooting as the world was for him

0:56.1

and in awe of his ability to recover from what he was battling double pneumonia at the age of 88.

1:03.2

I mean, that is significant. He nearly died twice. And then he gets out of the hospital. And as

1:08.1

doctors say, rest. Take care of yourself. Don't expose yourself to other people,

1:14.7

crowds, children. And you know what the Pope did? He said, nah, I'm going to do what I love.

1:20.7

I'm going to serve. And in doing so, I don't, I know this might, I know, this is true. He taught us how to live by how he died

1:30.9

in these last few months. And it should be said, folks, you're listening to two folks here who's one,

1:35.9

grew up Catholic, but I'm not going to put words in your mind. I think you say this. You call

1:39.5

yourself a, I call myself a recovering Catholic. Yes, okay. I don't want to put words in your mouth.

1:44.7

And I am a black man from the South who grew up going to the Church of Christ, right?

1:49.7

So I know Catholic anything in my lane.

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