One year into the papacy of the first American pope, Nicole reflects on why Pope Leo XIV’s simple, repeated message of peace is cutting through the noise of our exhausted, outrage-driven culture.

In this heartfelt episode, she explores how an Augustinian missionary from Chicago stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter’s and greeted a divided world with “Peace be with you” — and hasn’t stopped saying it since. With over 400 references to peace in his first year, Pope Leo is calling the Church back to something that is urgently needed: the disarming, unarmed peace of Christ that refuses to let hatred win.

The world is trying to delete Christ, but the Church is busy acting as the only referee left in a world that’s lost its mind.

In this episode, I'm rounding up the top News Stories for April 2026 and sharing my honest hot takes on:

• Leo in Africa: Why the "American Pope" took his shoes off in a mosque and planted an olive tree at the ruins of Hippo.

• The Silence on Nigeria: I’m calling out the media’s radio silence on Christian persecution and why I’m waiting for Leo to "roar like a lion."

• The White House Clash: My thoughts on the drama between the Vatican and the President, and why our U.S. Bishops are invoking "Just War" doctrine regarding Iran.

• The AI Deepfake Crisis: Scammers are cloning the faces of our bishops. We’re talking about the eighth commandment in a digital age and why the Church is the last line of defense for reality.

• A Catholic Awakening: The house is filling up! We’re looking at the record-breaking number of converts that just hit the Church this Easter.