Robert Francis Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV as cardinals elect first US pontiff
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I'm rather surprised no one has posted pope news yet. So here you go. His past writings suggest a liberal bent, but popes are wont to surprise.
Robert Francis Prevost has become the first clergyman from the United States to lead the Roman Catholic church, ending the Vatican’s longstanding opposition to the idea of a US pontiff.
The 69-year-old from Chicago has taken the papal name Pope Leo XIV, a senior cardinal announced from the central balcony of St Peter’s Basilica on Thursday evening.
The announcement, which followed white smoke billowing from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel, prompted raucous celebration and delight among the 50,000 pilgrims and tourists in St Peter’s Square.
I'll respectfully avoid the reference to guys from Chicago in Star Trek: Picard.
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I'm rather surprised no one has posted pope news yet. So here you go. His past writings suggest a liberal bent, but popes are wont to surprise.
Robert Francis Prevost has become the first clergyman from the United States to lead the Roman Catholic church, ending the Vatican’s longstanding opposition to the idea of a US pontiff.
The 69-year-old from Chicago has taken the papal name Pope Leo XIV, a senior cardinal announced from the central balcony of St Peter’s Basilica on Thursday evening.
The announcement, which followed white smoke billowing from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel, prompted raucous celebration and delight among the 50,000 pilgrims and tourists in St Peter’s Square.
I'll respectfully avoid the reference to guys from Chicago in Star Trek: Picard.
Let me preface this by saying that he is the pope of the Roman Catholic Church, an institution with a lot of rot that protected pedophiles for decades and plays hardball with investigations in many countries.
That being said I saw some of his social media posts and he is definitely very outspoken about Trump/Vance, which signals to me that we could’ve probably done a lot worse. Especially among US papal candidates.
