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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: 0.209s | 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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pc86 ◴[08 May 25 18:56 UTC] No.43929956[source]▶
Symbolism is a huge part of what name you select which is why its been a minute since a Pope Innocent or Pope Pious.
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jowea ◴[08 May 25 20:05 UTC] No.43930732[source]▶
Pius XII is controversial because of WW2, but I don't see anything particularly bad with the latest popes with Innocent. Is it something related to his predecessors?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Innocent_XIII

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1. pc86 ◴[08 May 25 20:07 UTC] No.43930766[source]▶
Yeah I was mainly referring to II and III :)