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How soon before he takes credit for an American being elected Pope Leo 14? (Original Post) question everything 22 hrs ago OP
And then sells Pope merch jmbar2 22 hrs ago #1
How many votes did Trump get? surfered 22 hrs ago #2
Not the 11,780 from GA.. question everything 22 hrs ago #6
Well played... surfered 22 hrs ago #12
Pope Leo has an interesting background. sop 22 hrs ago #3
Better be careful Johnny2X2X 22 hrs ago #11
Stephen Miller is busy photoshopping "MS-13" on his knuckles right now. sop 21 hrs ago #14
After he demands a vote count and verifies it, he will demand a blessing for his trading cards. Ping Tung 22 hrs ago #4
Well, JD Vance will for a split second until he finds that this POPE is not going to support "his" view of hlthe2b 22 hrs ago #5
The new pope has more in common with Third World Americans, than he does Baitball Blogger 22 hrs ago #7
More Liberation Theology than Prosperity Doctrine. sop 21 hrs ago #15
More emphasis on looking after the needs Baitball Blogger 21 hrs ago #17
He is a progressive leaning centrist JBTaurus83 22 hrs ago #8
No way he's taking credit durablend 22 hrs ago #9
How soon before Trump starts trying to ingratiate/grift with the new pope? Irish_Dem 22 hrs ago #10
Not until after he rages Traildogbob 21 hrs ago #13
maga already are Bernardo de La Paz 21 hrs ago #16
Groan question everything 20 hrs ago #18

sop

(14,060 posts)
3. Pope Leo has an interesting background.
Thu May 8, 2025, 01:28 PM
22 hrs ago

"Prevost, 69, from Chicago, Illinois, is the first ever pope from the United States. He will be known as Leo XIV."

"A leader with global experience, he spent much of his career as a missionary in South America and most recently led a powerful Vatican office for bishop appointments. He is expected to build on Pope Francis’ reforms."

"He worked for a decade in Trujillo, Peru, and was later appointed bishop of Chiclayo, another Peruvian city, where he served from 2014 to 2023. Prevost also holds a Peruvian passport and has been a Peruvian citizen since 2015."

"In an interview with Vatican News shortly after he became the leader of the Dicastery for Bishops, Prevost said: 'I still consider myself a missionary. My vocation, like that of every Christian, is to be a missionary, to proclaim the Gospel wherever one is.'"

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/new-pope-conclave-day-two-05-08-25

I see the new Pope as someone who could directly confront Trump.

Johnny2X2X

(22,830 posts)
11. Better be careful
Thu May 8, 2025, 01:35 PM
22 hrs ago

" Prevost also holds a Peruvian passport and has been a Peruvian citizen since 2015."'

That type of thing could get him thrown into a prison in El Salvador should he try to enter the US.

hlthe2b

(109,528 posts)
5. Well, JD Vance will for a split second until he finds that this POPE is not going to support "his" view of
Thu May 8, 2025, 01:28 PM
22 hrs ago

Catholicism...

Baitball Blogger

(49,962 posts)
7. The new pope has more in common with Third World Americans, than he does
Thu May 8, 2025, 01:29 PM
22 hrs ago

with insular-minded Americans.

Baitball Blogger

(49,962 posts)
17. More emphasis on looking after the needs
Thu May 8, 2025, 02:20 PM
21 hrs ago

If those who are in real need, and less on financial gluttony.

JBTaurus83

(345 posts)
8. He is a progressive leaning centrist
Thu May 8, 2025, 01:29 PM
22 hrs ago

in the mold of Francis. I believe they may have picked him to have a megaphone in the USA about current events. I don't see a good relationship happening between the two at all.

Traildogbob

(11,133 posts)
13. Not until after he rages
Thu May 8, 2025, 01:42 PM
21 hrs ago

About the Pope dominating and undermining his “greatest announcement in the history of the world”. Guess what Fox will dominate with tonight. Trump trump trump. Not a word about Pope, unless they whine it was rigged and Trump won.
Or rant about a lot Woke ass Pope, that hates Jesus and God Fearing AmurKKKan Christians. “God” sent trump to rule earth, and those people of Chicago, rapists murdering street gangs of American hating people (of color, wink wink) sent one of their DEI leaning radical fake religious low levels to spew Woke shit.
Moses Mike is crying.

Bernardo de La Paz

(55,336 posts)
16. maga already are
Thu May 8, 2025, 02:16 PM
21 hrs ago
“I bet Trump will take credit for the electon of the first American Pope.”

And why shouldn’t he?

93 posted on 2025-05-08, by Kleon
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