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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: 0.211s | source
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pavlov ◴[08 May 25 18:53 UTC] No.43929909[source]▶
In his time around the end of the 19th century, Leo XIII was known as the “Social Pope” and “Pope of the Workers”. He wasn’t a radical but opened the door to modern thinking in the church.

Presumably there’s some symbolism to why the new pope wanted to adopt this particular name.

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1. yellow_postit ◴[09 May 25 02:56 UTC] No.43933424[source]▶
Francis would joke he hoped his successor would be John XXIV. We still get a nice long Roman numeral but could've been even better.