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

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blensor ◴[08 May 25 17:02 UTC] No.43928317[source]▶
I wonder if there is any other event in recent history that is communicated as quickly to as many people as the fact that a new pope has been elected.

I was out on the streets when the church bells started ringing here in Vienna as must have all around the globe where there are catholic churches

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1. gregopet ◴[08 May 25 21:21 UTC] No.43931490[source]▶
Here in Ljubljana too. I wasn't even fully aware of them, doing something else, but somehow it made me check my phone and there was the news bulletin, only a couple of minutes old.