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: nytimes.com/live/2026/04/13/us/trump-news and apnews.com/article/donald-trump-pope-leo-what-…
washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/04/11/anthr…
Nuns caring for cancer patients challenge NY LGBT law forcing them to 'violate' beliefs on sex: christianpost.com/news/nuns-challenge-new-york…
Newsmax reports that aliens are too androgynous and never pee standing up: wonkette.com/p/newsmax-guy-why-do-we-never-see…
Trump shares image of himself as Jesus: politico.com/news/2026/04/13/trump-social-medi…
National puppetry group faces backlash for platforming anti-LGBTQ Christian puppetry group
friendlyatheist.com/p/national-puppetry-group-…