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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: 0.319s | source
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sharpy ◴[08 May 25 18:58 UTC] No.43929984[source]▶
I thought an American pope would be the last thing Vatican wanted (to avoid being seen too close to US)
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1. standardUser ◴[09 May 25 01:57 UTC] No.43933147[source]▶
This pope has consistently criticized Trump, though in fairly mild terms. This brings the Catholic church closer to the US since American Catholics love it, but it's still a choice that opposes Trump.