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

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606 points saikatsg | 12 comments | 08 May 25 16:30 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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afavour ◴[08 May 25 17:54 UTC] No.43929124[source]▶
> "Cardinal George of Chicago, of happy memory, was one of my great mentors, and he said: 'Look, until America goes into political decline, there won't be an American pope.' And his point was, if America is kind of running the world politically, culturally, economically, they don't want America running the world religiously. So, I think there's some truth to that, that we're such a superpower and so dominant, they don't wanna give us, also, control over the church."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pope-could-it-be-american-c...

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ivape[dead post] ◴[08 May 25 20:06 UTC] No.43930746[source]▶
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myvoiceismypass ◴[08 May 25 20:30 UTC] No.43930981[source]▶
American Christianity != American Catholicism
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1. ivape ◴[08 May 25 20:33 UTC] No.43931009[source]▶
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2. taylodl ◴[08 May 25 20:40 UTC] No.43931087[source]▶
I know many American evangelicals who believe Catholics are not true Christians, and as such, when they're talking about Christians they are not including Catholics in that discussion.
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3. nashashmi ◴[08 May 25 20:40 UTC] No.43931093[source]▶
Not sure if your vote is a religious thing or a political one. Basically you can vote for a satanist to take over a government. But you are damned if you are a satanist or in govt run by one.
4. nashashmi ◴[08 May 25 20:41 UTC] No.43931101[source]▶
What makes someone an evangelical? Protestant faith?
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5. ivape ◴[08 May 25 20:46 UTC] No.43931155[source]▶
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6. michaelsbradley ◴[08 May 25 20:56 UTC] No.43931258{3}[source]▶
More or less, though it's such an umbrella term at this point that a self-described "evangelical" may disclaim Protestant identity, not having an awareness of the historical link and intending to convey that they don't feel aligned with a Protestant denomination such as Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist, etc. I've met many Evangelicals who said something along those lines when the subject came up in conversation.

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

7. dragonwriter ◴[08 May 25 21:00 UTC] No.43931313{3}[source]▶
Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism are distinct and relatively recent (18th and 19th century in origin) strands within Protestantism (both being particularly prominent in the US.) They aren't equivalent to Protestantism.
8. aezell ◴[08 May 25 21:11 UTC] No.43931400[source]▶
I was in an interview once and the prospective employer asked me what church I attend. I replied, "Catholic." He said, "Is that even Christian?" So, yeah, plenty of Americans have a skewed view of Catholicism.
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9. ivape ◴[08 May 25 22:05 UTC] No.43931846{4}[source]▶
What part? I see you have a lot of faith-based links in your profile. Perhaps you think you are some kind of authority. Maybe you are! I have the wonky belief that God talks through us all, so anything you say, I'd actually take quite seriously.
10. theodric ◴[08 May 25 22:51 UTC] No.43932146{3}[source]▶
Being asked your religion in a job interview is wild (outside of a few select jobs, like Pope)
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11. StopDisinfo910 ◴[09 May 25 06:26 UTC] No.43934296{4}[source]▶
As discrimination based on religion is illegal in most of the world, it’s also probably exposing the person asking and the company to a lot of potential legal risk. It’s a big no where I live and part of the things you are explicitly trained to never ask about.
12. tomhow ◴[10 May 25 13:12 UTC] No.43945362[source]▶
This comment combines nationalistic and religious flamebait all at once, which is against the guidelines. Please keep the guidelines in mind when commenting on HN.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html