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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: 0.201s | source
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I_am_tiberius ◴[08 May 25 17:57 UTC] No.43929176[source]▶
I strongly believe the American choice was a strategic decision made by a group of highly intelligent individuals.
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axus ◴[08 May 25 18:07 UTC] No.43929297[source]▶
They picked an American, who actually lived and worked in Peru, and not archbishop of New York that Trump suggested.
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jsnider3 ◴[08 May 25 19:52 UTC] No.43930604[source]▶
If they want someone who can effectively oppose Trump, why would they pick someone he suggested?
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amelius ◴[08 May 25 21:44 UTC] No.43931660[source]▶
What did any pope actually do to oppose anybody?
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1. gambiting ◴[09 May 25 07:09 UTC] No.43934491[source]▶
Pope John Paul II was a crucial figure in the fall of communism in Poland, even though he never opposed the state directly - just the fact that he was Polish and that the state couldn't censor his speeches and visits and demonstrated to the deeply religious nation that there is a path outside of the the one dictated by the state that is credited with a significant contribution to the forces that eventually led to the events of 1989.