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

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606 points saikatsg | 3 comments | 08 May 25 16:30 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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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."

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myvoiceismypass ◴[08 May 25 20:30 UTC] No.43930981[source]▶
American Christianity != American Catholicism
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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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1. aezell ◴[08 May 25 21:11 UTC] No.43931400{3}[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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2. theodric ◴[08 May 25 22:51 UTC] No.43932146[source]▶
Being asked your religion in a job interview is wild (outside of a few select jobs, like Pope)
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3. StopDisinfo910 ◴[09 May 25 06:26 UTC] No.43934296[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.