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FadedMullet

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30. My first thought was that they picked Leo XIV, an American, to add weight to the churches message about compassion.....

Reply to YoshidaYui (Original post)

Sat May 10, 2025, 05:28 PM

May 10

......for the poor. They see what we have become politically and how it has influenced how we interact with the rest of the world. How our status as a force for good is now diminished and will continue to decline as Trumps second term hits it's stride. The cardinals want the church to be a counterweight to America's ongoing psychosis and felt that having an American Pope would be even more effective. Not the only reason for his choice, but I think a significant factor.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] YoshidaYui May 10 OP

Good Theory My Friend BOSSHOG May 10 #1

Nope... I think it's about $$$$s 4139 May 10 #2

how so??? YoshidaYui May 10 #4

Catholic Church finances took a whopper hit during Covid, which has continued 4139 May 10 #10

And my prediction is he'll visit the us in October 😀 4139 May 10 #14

... and will hold outdoor mass at both Wrigley field and Rate field in Chicago 4139 May 10 #15

In '79 John Paul II held a mass in Grant Park. boonecreek May 10 #33

If the pope were to hold Mass at NFL stadium,... 4139 May 11 #55

Putting the Vatican's finances in order has been mentioned, but I can't be so cynical as to believe that getting more... FadedMullet May 10 #31

I don't think it was. His experience actually running an organization is what would get finances in order Iris May 10 #34

Unless he has a button labeled "SMITE!" Installed on the papal desk, good luck countering the orange devil. jls4561 May 10 #3

I don't know really Meowmee May 10 #5

the POPE CONTROLS CATHOLICS,... YoshidaYui May 10 #6

No need for caps 😀 Meowmee May 10 #9

I did a bit of checking anamnua May 10 #27

He voted mostly R I found and once D Meowmee May 10 #49

You must not know many garden variety Catholics. Ms. Toad May 10 #11

You are so right, Ms. Toad Diamond_Dog May 10 #12

Well spotted Hekate May 10 #20

Good Lord! mobeau69 May 10 #51

It isn't a matter H2O Man May 10 #13

He doesn't "control Catholics" tinrobot May 10 #19

Yeah i should have rephrased that better you are right, he controls the church YoshidaYui May 10 #21

if true,he does a very poor job of controlling them DBoon May 10 #26

Not American Catholics unless they are very religious JI7 May 10 #38

Recommended. H2O Man May 10 #7

Yesterday, I read . . . peggysue2 May 10 #8

Remember what happened in Poland shortly after the Vatican picked a Polish Pope Beastly Boy May 10 #16

What happened in Poland, Beastly Boy? Cha May 10 #37

Lech Valensa, the Solidarnosc movement and the eventual fall, first of the Warsaw Pact and then the Soviet Union. Beastly Boy May 10 #46

Thank you! I had a few things to look up Cha May 10 #48

You are very welcome, Cha Beastly Boy May 10 #50

And, it came in Handy today. Cha May 10 #52

My local paper had this interesting comment drmeow May 10 #17

Think how fast the decision was?? YoshidaYui May 10 #18

Sure, whatever nt drmeow May 10 #23

The Cardinals obviously loved Cha May 10 #39

That was probably one of many factors. tinrobot May 10 #22

Pope Leo XIV just called out Russia for starting Cha May 10 #41

In world terms, it is middle of the road (and for American citizens, for that matter) muriel_volestrangler May 10 #44

re: the pope TnDem May 10 #24

NO but the people around him YoshidaYui May 10 #25

re: pope TnDem May 10 #35

Of course not.. nobody can stop that Idiot. But Cha May 10 #42

Nobody Rebl2 May 10 #28

How is the pope going to keep Trump "in check" anyway? flvegan May 10 #29

59% of Catholic voters cast their ballots for Trump in 2024 Mariana May 10 #54

My first thought was that they picked Leo XIV, an American, to add weight to the churches message about compassion..... FadedMullet May 10 #30

Divine Intervention....... global1 May 10 #32

The Cardinals voted the same way the Australians and Canadians did... hunter May 10 #36

Hey Good Point! TY Cha May 10 #43

I wasn't paying mutch attention but someone said there wasn't really anything negative about him JI7 May 10 #40

It does stick it to Trump but will never keep him in line. ananda May 10 #45

A lot of right wingers in effect speculate the same thing. n/t 4th May 10 #47

I don't hold that opinion TexLaProgressive May 10 #53

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