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Posted on 05/08/2025 11:07:00 AM PDT by DallasBiff
Vatican City — Of the 266 popes who have led the Catholic Church, not one of them had been from the United States. Until Thursday. The cardinal electors gathered for the papal conclave elected an American from among their own ranks on Thursday to serve as the new pontiff. Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected and accepted his fate as the next Bishop of Rome, leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics. He chose Leo XIV as his papal name.
While the relative youth of the nation, fewer than 20 of the church's previous popes had served after the U.S. Declaration of Independence in 1776, one prominent U.S. bishop offered possible explanation for the lack of an American leader of the world's Catholics a day before his election.
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Leo will not be a John Paul II.
Born and raised catholic.
Too bad he didn’t say a few words in English.
At first glance, he doesn’t look like the Antichrist to me. Of course, looks can be deceiving.
My understanding is the Antichrist won’t look like an Antichrist.
Women will adore him, because of his good looks.
Watching Newsmax and across the screen was a message that indicated he was a Chicago native but a Peruvian citizen.
Was he selected to counteract President Trump and his policies with the Catholic faithful?
Was he selected to counteract President Trump and his policies with the Catholic faithful?
That’s a bingo!
A foil to Trump and the Republicans?
A victory for the Shining Path in Peru.
Nothing to celebrate here.
The American media will be drooling over this, the new leader of the political left.
Too bad for them this won’t work.
An absolutely ignorant statement. Here is the the description of Shining Path: The Shining Path has been widely condemned for its excessive brutality, including violence deployed against peasants, such as the Lucanamarca massacre, as well as for its violence towards trade union organizers, competing Marxist groups, elected officials, and the general public.[5] The Shining Path is regarded as a terrorist organization by the government of Peru, along with Japan,[6] the United States,[7] the European Union,[8] and Canada,[9] all of whom consequently prohibit funding and other financial support to the group.
No Priest is a follower of this brutality. Sell your sh*t elsewhere.
Lord hear my prayer.
Pope Leo XIV, as an early act, please invite three people to visit you in the Vatican. Invite Putin, Trump, and the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church to discuss the war in the Ukraine and the importance of Peace and civilization.
Putin needs to reflect upon attacking civilian topics and be scolded by the Greek Orthodox Church, so he changes his ways in what he allows his military to do. All parties need to be asked if they believe Peace is a better alternative to war. All parties need to reflect upon the harm they have imposed on others. This includes Trumps economic sanctions that have hurt the lives of millions of Russians.
If that goes well then invite the head of Ukraine and the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to the Vatican to have a similar discussion.
https://culturacolectiva.com/en/history/why-pope-leo-xiv-chose-name/
Slap.
Nice description.
Pope Leo worked as a missionary in Peru, with the poorest of people.
The power of the Shining Path came from the poorest people in Peru.
That’s why defeating them is so incredibly difficult.
Just ask President Alberto Fujimori.
Who coincidentally hates America?
Just another way for the world to steal U.S. taxpayer money. He wouldn’t even speak English because he was too embarrassed to be an American. He’s another Frankie. He prefers being a Peruvian.
The Marxist Liberation Theology has spread far and wide.
That PROBABLY rules out this guy (I think).
DA POPE...
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