683: Rope a Pope Edition

In this week’s episode, Donald Trump gets THIS close to saying he won the papal election too, we meet a bigotry-based puppet act almost as obnoxious as Jeff Dunham, and Ross Douthat will devote six whole pages to the problem of evil.
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Headlines:
Trump feuds with Pope: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/13/us/trump-news and https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-pope-leo-what-they-said-c9a721a132f1941eaebc139e1213937d
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/04/11/anthropic-christians-claude-morals/
Nuns caring for cancer patients challenge NY LGBT law forcing them to 'violate' beliefs on sex: https://www.christianpost.com/news/nuns-challenge-new-york-lgbt-law-they-say-violates-their-faith.html
Newsmax reports that aliens are too androgynous and never pee standing up: https://www.wonkette.com/p/newsmax-guy-why-do-we-never-see-aliens
Trump shares image of himself as Jesus: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/13/trump-social-media-jesus-image-deleted-00869061
National puppetry group faces backlash for platforming anti-LGBTQ Christian puppetry group
https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/national-puppetry-group-faces-backlash