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First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo XIV

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606 points saikatsg | 1 comments | 08 May 25 16:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.199s | source
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pavlov ◴[08 May 25 18:53 UTC] No.43929909[source]▶
In his time around the end of the 19th century, Leo XIII was known as the “Social Pope” and “Pope of the Workers”. He wasn’t a radical but opened the door to modern thinking in the church.

Presumably there’s some symbolism to why the new pope wanted to adopt this particular name.

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1. paulvnickerson ◴[08 May 25 19:33 UTC] No.43930383[source]▶
Pope Leo 13 wrote this encyclical: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rerum_novarum

My guess is new Pope Leo 14 will try to thread the needle on rising global interest in experimenting with socialism and the possible ramifications of AI automation.