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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: 0s | source
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Boogie_Man ◴[08 May 25 17:32 UTC] No.43928794[source]▶
The prevailing wisdom has been proven wrong on this occasion. He is very much a continuation of Francis's school of thought in spite of the "fat Pope thin Pope" wisdom, and he is an American who has been elected Pope, which was almost unthinkable because of America's economic, political, and mass media domination of the western world. Very unexpected
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dylan604 ◴[08 May 25 17:56 UTC] No.43929161[source]▶
> The prevailing wisdom

I'm so sick of prevailing wisdom with people just making shit up just to fill time on 24/7 news coverage and people can have their talking head shows with diverse "views".

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bombcar ◴[08 May 25 18:29 UTC] No.43929585[source]▶
This is basically 99% of it, based on two or three datapoints until suddenly it doesn't matter anymore.

See: "Can't select an American pope until America is not powerful anymore."

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1. ThunderSizzle ◴[09 May 25 00:30 UTC] No.43932706[source]▶
I've seen people state that America isn't powerful anymore and this is proof of that.