Here’s what to know about the new pope, Robert Francis Prevost, who was elected on Thursday. He is the first American pope and will be known as Leo XIV. https://nyti.ms/43kapNM
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Framing the new pope as “Anti-Trump” turns a 2,000-year-old global religious role into shallow U.S. political theater. The papacy isn’t a MAGA sideshow or a pawn in America’s culture wars. Stop reducing Catholicism to dumb partisan labels you barely understand.
Wake up please. The late pope Francisco is from South America, pope Leo XIV is from the USA, that's North America.
(He lived and worked in Peru almost all his life and has that passport besides being born and schooled in the USA)
The previous Pope Leo, who died in 1903, was known as “The Pope of the Workers” - championed the rights of the working class. Name sends a definite message.
Robert Francis Prevost, Pope Leo XIV, is not the first US Pope, he's the first Peruvian Pope. Career in Peru, lifetime in Peru, loyalty to Peru, bishop to Peru, and citizenship to Peru. He had the misfortune of being born in the US but made his nationality and pathway elsewhere.
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No, ahora el Papá Francisco era oceánico, ahora Argentina está la lado de Nueva Zelanda, joder, es que ni los más formados de Estados Unidos saben diferenciar un país de un continente, normal que les gobierne un neandertal.
He’s technically not the first American Pope. Pope Francis was from South America. I feel like now is a good time for US based journalism to not claim all of the Americas on behalf of the US
I know, I know … how we say Americans conversationally means one is from the US
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Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope, was head of the Vatican office that appoints bishops, faces serious allegations of covering up clergy abuse. As Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru, he failed to properly investigate priests accused of sexually abusing minors, including a case involving one as young as 14.
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Two things.
First, when he comes to visit the USA, our country will go bonkers!
Second, I wonder what his message will be to the MAGA Christo-Fascists masquerading as Evangelistic Christians in the "name of the Lord, Jesus Christ".
Congratulations to all the Catholics, a historic event. I'm not Catholic, but most American institutions follow Catholic rituals it's how we got Friday fish fries.
The USA *really* is Trump country! "First American Pope"?
So... where was the previous Pope from?
Hint: Argentine is situated in the south of the American continent.
How many American Popes do we have now again? 🤔
He's only American by birth. He spent most of his life and career in Peru and is a naturalized Peruvian citizen. His ancestry is French, Italian, and Spanish.
I'm not Catholic but he seems decent. I hope he does a lot of good for the least among us, and takes a hard stance against America's fascist regime and its crimes against humanity.
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If they'd elected a younger pope they could have saved a bundle on Viagra costs and still kept up with the tradition of playing hide the salami with altar boys.
Leo is now the head of a foreign state known as Vatican City and has sworn an oath to protect its temporal rights. Does the State Department consider this a renunciation of citizenship?
Actually it good back to the British vs Spanish. As far back as the 1500s, Britain used America to refer to only their colonies. While Spain used it for the entire land mass.Those differences have held with Spanish speaking countries referring to 1 continent, and most of the rest of the world 2
So in English, and most languages, using "American" to describe someone from Peru, makes no grammatical sense. We would say "South American". Just like a Canadian is a "north American "
I see, thanks for all the good info! I got it from the get go, but, well you know not everyone is happy with saying the first American…I really don’t mind it, it’s part of tradition as well. Thanks!
Getting past the “What do we mean when we say ‘American’?”discussion vis a vis Francis and Leo, the debate here makes an argument that TFG’s “Gulf of America” might be more universalist than he intended. I’m not by any stretch supporting the change, just pointing out a different interpretation.
Everyone who’s saying the use of American is incorrect, please understand that language isn’t a hardline set of rules, and words can have multiple definitions. The use of America here isn’t incorrect as America can both be the Americas and the United States because that’s what people were taught
An fyi for some people who seem to be struggling: in English, the demonym for someone who is from the USA is “American”. This is similar to how the demonym for someone from the United Mexican States is “Mexican”.
Give me a break no one in Argentina thinks of themselves as an American. This we are all Americans on 2 continents thing is so stupid. It’s just a canard to start arguments.
As a spaniard i can tell you we named America to the whole continent… but it’s true that at First we thought is was India so dont play much attention to us.
There is widespread disagreement on proper use of the term "American," just as there is disagreement on the question of whether North and South America are one continent or two.
These are differences of cultural and linguistic norms, not questions that have a single objectively correct answer.
A new #pope!
#PopeLeoXIV — an American with South American roots.
His name recalls Leo XIII and Rerum Novarum on workers’ rights.
But will he tackle the deeper problem #Clericalism?
Explore “Conclave and Clericalism: The Struggle for the Church’s Soul”
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He is the second American. Jesus (pun intended) Christ, shouldn't it be at least newspapers having the things right? Or ... please, don't tell me you do it on purpose.
America…short for The United States of America. Not to be confused with the Americas which consists of two land masses: North America and South America.
Claud 3.7 Sonnet. Dont want to be dickhead and do understand its lingustiq question, but here, specificaly using term American instead of using US citizen is bad choice, even if its used in US english, especially considering that in almost all other languages its clear who is first American pope.
Me too. But seeing his face, posture and hearing his words, my hope is, that he will show the US and the rest of the world, how an authoritarian position can be filled without hate, war, revenge, rudeness, dumbness , lack of knowledge and dignity. And all the rest.
I have hope
Pope Francis was American. The United States is not the whole of America the same way China is not the whole of Asia or France is not the whole of Europe.
His views on women and LGBTQ+ people are somewhat close to what one would find in the Roman Iron Age, so he's very well suited to carry on the tradition.
What a ridiculous take. What do you think people in the US call themselves? United Statesans? Yes, Argentina is part of the Americas but its people don’t call themselves Americans.
Actually, Spanish, Portuguese and French languages use Estadounidense, Estadunidense and Etatsunien to describe a citizen from the United States.
Before being a country, the USA was a British colony. The term "American" was given to them as a prejudice by their motherland. They kept it in defiance.
He’s Bob Pope, on a mission from God and he’s going to have treasonweasle and Co. for lunch. Very much looking forward to it.
Congratulations though for Catholic parishioners. I’m an atheist after having converted to Catholicism from whatever Christian sect I was born into. That said, 🤞🏽for good 👍🏽
Hope you're right. Would be wonderful to have a strong voice from American representing decency and goodwill. Someone in a powerful position to counter Trumps evil. Francis was great as well btw.
So…just to be clear. This pope is an American. As he is from Chicago. Chicago being in Illinois, Illinois being one of the 50 states, a state in the country of the United States of America, the United States of America being in North America, North America being one of the 7 continents. (1)
It's ok. The US Justice Dept has his back. A new Washington State law requires clergy to break the secrecy of the confessional when child abuse ....... revealed and report it.....The Justice Department announced an investigation into the law, which it called “anti-Catholic.” https://nyti.ms/3GKtgZA
It's not really okay.
A law in one state that is going to be struck down immediately due to the first amendment and the separation of church and state has nothing to do with the past crimes in Peru or in other places this man may have been and covered up crimes.
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Maybe he will visit the men in El Salvador and shame Trump.
No. He is the second.
The first was Francisco, from Argentina.
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(He lived and worked in Peru almost all his life and has that passport besides being born and schooled in the USA)
But he lived and worked in Peru, even has that passport.
I’ll wait.. 😂
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I know, I know … how we say Americans conversationally means one is from the US
I can't believe how stupid i do feel when trump told everyone it's time to get rich, the stck market went down, and he told his friends to sell the share now, do you remember the pope picture i was telling hi friends bet on American pope he gonna win, how stipi i do feel, very !
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First, when he comes to visit the USA, our country will go bonkers!
Second, I wonder what his message will be to the MAGA Christo-Fascists masquerading as Evangelistic Christians in the "name of the Lord, Jesus Christ".
So... where was the previous Pope from?
Hint: Argentine is situated in the south of the American continent.
How many American Popes do we have now again? 🤔
I’ll wait.. 😂
Try harder…😂
Slander is the only tool of the loser..
From América. THE CONTINENT.
Stay away from the new pope.
I’ll wait.. 😂
This makes no sense..
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He canceled his nyt subscription when AG Saltybooger and his editorial crew started kissing trump's ass.
American Pope. Francis was
These are differences of cultural and linguistic norms, not questions that have a single objectively correct answer.
#PopeLeoXIV — an American with South American roots.
His name recalls Leo XIII and Rerum Novarum on workers’ rights.
But will he tackle the deeper problem #Clericalism?
Explore “Conclave and Clericalism: The Struggle for the Church’s Soul”
→ https://amzn.asia/d/7hWGGPS
#CatholicChurch
Second American.
He’s the first U.S. Pope.
America is south and north.
Slack journalism
Because all of maga don't like him.
That's the best proof in my eyes.
I have hope
I’ll wait.. 😂
Americano is not proper and could be pejorative.
Slander is the only tool of the loser..
https://catholicvote.org/survivors-urge-vatican-investigate-cardinal-prevosts-handling-abuse-cases/
https://losangelespress.org/english-edition/2024/sep/16/from-chicago-to-chiclayo-sexual-abuse-victims-are-pawns-9590.html
Please, stop using imperialist language, it's disgusting. And learn Geography.
Before being a country, the USA was a British colony. The term "American" was given to them as a prejudice by their motherland. They kept it in defiance.
Congratulations though for Catholic parishioners. I’m an atheist after having converted to Catholicism from whatever Christian sect I was born into. That said, 🤞🏽for good 👍🏽
2. He doesn’t like Vance.
3. Good for him.
Hey Cardinal Dolan, who's laughing now?
A law in one state that is going to be struck down immediately due to the first amendment and the separation of church and state has nothing to do with the past crimes in Peru or in other places this man may have been and covered up crimes.