Especially 2 or more people that have no significance and some aren't even real. Its very fucking weird and in the big 2025, why are we still pretending religion is okay?
This pleases me to no end. I wonder which other popes were part sub-Saharan African. Thr answer is probably more than is acknowledged. But at least in this case his lineage is verifiably part black.
So, will Pope Leo XIV enforce Catholic teaching that prohibits mass filicide via abortion, homosexuality, homosexual marriages, general criminality (killing, stealing, perjury, etc.), or will he be just a weatherman & advocate for illegal alien invasions surrounded by huge walls?
I just don’t care. I’m not being obnoxious I just don’t care about any religions at all. From what I’ve seen in my life some religious folks are genuine in their beliefs and actions. But Religions themselves exist for 3 reasons only - to gather wealth, to gain influence and ultimately - control
And thats exactly what they were made for, to gain control over people.. making people obsessed over this sky daddy so they have to obey, its basically like what trump does to his believers.
Yeahhh... A couple of things about this new Pope concerns me. He's anti-LGBTQ+ and he's opposed to ordaining women as deacons. Therefore I'm not a fan.
(Before you ask, yes -- I did my research. I always research info before I post. It's the responsible thing to do.)
MAGA is melting down because they have been telling themselves their twisted cult version of Christianity is the righteous way but today the church explicitly rejected their false profit along with all of their hate.
It seems they sourced The Vatican, which only referred to his mother as having Spanish heritage. It would be extremely interesting to see @pbs.org reach out to do "Finding Your Roots" with Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Rik Devillé & SNAP, who defends victims of abuse in the church, finds his appointment “A slap in the face" Prevost has protected a priest who abused children for years.
“It’s unbelievable, the whole world is cheering, but the victims are not.”
Hi Everyone
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 !
Congratulations, Latin Yankee. May your reign bring peace and wipe out bigotry, hate, misogyny and racism in the land of your birth and may your reign endure.
Seems like a decent enough chap. Personally, I think religion as a concept is ridiculous, but I'm happy to accept others don't, and for the ones that believe the same convoluted nonsense the new Pope does, I'm happy that he seems quite moderate and sensible. And he hates JD Vance which is a bonus.
He is Creole,from Louisiana,with African,Haitian, European roots,raised in Chicago's southside,born in Bronzeville,a historical Black neighborhood.So you know..
Creole does not mean just black. Europeans were considered Creole. As america immigration continued, creole was a term for mixed cultures as well as mixed race, which included American Indian, Mexican, irish/french, italian/ french or any mix like that. But why is that an issue????
Do you understand what a Black Creole in Louisiana is??? I DO. I am referring specifically to the Black Creole population in New Orleans. Dutch Morial was part of that population, a Black mayor. Black Creoles are largely Catholic. It's not an issue: I am PROUD of his family! Fuck racism!
(Quote from Wikipedia): His mother was the daughter of Louisiana Creole parents, Joseph Martinez and Louise Baquié, from New Orleans, who were of African, French, and Spanish descent. Prevost's maternal grandfather had been born in Haiti.
We could tell by his surname that the Holy Father came from francophone stock. We pronounce it Pray-VO. Wishing him well!! Great to see an American Pope. 🙏
I think the NYTs reporting is solid on genealogy coming out of New Orleans. He is also descended from Creoles of color. It seems worth mentioning his West Africa/Caribbean roots if we’re going to talk about the man’s ethnic background.
1985 went to Peru.
Returned to Chicago 1986-1988
Back to Peru 1988-1998
1999-2013 returned to Chicago
During this time he visited & lived in the Philippines.
Yes he did live in Chicago, during that time, you're original post said 17 yrs ago, he was in the Philippines.
American Catholics will now finally be forced to reconcile their their politics with their faith. No more hiding behind the bullshit. God’s representative on earth will be demanding they care for immigrants, the poor, the disenfranchised and incarcerated.
Let’s see how they do.
#catholics #Leo
To an extent yes, but Leo being American born brings it right to their doorstep.
Dont get me wrong tho, I was being facetious. American Catholics will unashamedly continue to do the polar opposite of Jesus’ teachings.
The reason why this Catholic 🙋♀️ doesn’t attend church in America any more.
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Congrats for the connection.
My daughter has a major in Physics and a minor in Math Statistics.
Something in the air around these parts of the country.
Not Villanova for her tho.
New Pope, His from Peru, had been made a USA Citizen. His from Chicago just like President Obama. And his more Liberal and anti-maga. Also the First North American Pope.
It's wonderful because the USA NEEDS a leader like Pope Leo who is following in the footsteps of Pope Francis and both followed/follow in the footsteps of Christ. !
I'm smart enough to know that the Catholic church stole all that gold from S American indigenous peoples. Francis knew better than to flaunt it, Jesus would not approve.
See how that attempt at white-washing works? He is ALSO of Haitian (grandfather), Creoles of colour (grandmother), Caribbean, Mulatto and BLACK descent!
...And 2015 he became Peruvian.
How come that you don't acknowledge this too in your piece? It's so important and you didn't mention it. Your dissing a whole nation and dismissing his love for Peru.
Cool thanks for your opinion. Fact is occasionally I post less than perfect content and then I take a hot tub. BRW your punctuation needs some desperate help 😂🤣
I learned I’m 5% sub-Saharan African through genetic testing (and a bit Ashkenazi to my delight). I’d always joked that as a Mestizo I’m “genetically robust”. But truly considering the lived experiences of my ancestors has been a fascinating and eye-opening process.
Let’s hope that the idiot in chief doesn’t take credit for this. I can hear him now: “Because I made America so great again an American was elected Pope”.
He’s going to have to “eat his words.” Leo seems to care about the poor, the vulnerable, and migrants. He may come across as soft-spoken, but he can probably still criticize Trump over the deportations.
Just another old conservative white trying to tell the world how to live. It must be hell living stuck so far in the past. The church would be happy to go back a thousand years or so.
"old conservative white"... interesting assumption. Of course Leo is actually of Louisiana Creole (specifically Haitian) descent, but don't let that stop you from inadvertently making assumptions based on how others look.
are you really going to grammar shame me, on what i call MAGATs, yes you are correct, but cmon now. At this point, anyone that continues down that path, its a MAGAT
I’m really not lol. That’s the issue with written language. It misses a lot of the emotional context of spoken word. I just wanted to share what I think is a fun way to annoy people who are a part of a cult, by calling them maggots (MAGATs).
I'm glad he's standing up for liberal ideals but I have to ask: what's his stance on priests sexually abusing parishioners and what's he gonna do about it?
As a UK Catholic I send. my best wishes to our new American born pope. The more I learn about him the more I like
Seems the cardinals made a wise choice
They didn't know at the time. My mom, who was raised in the segregated South looked at him and his brother and said 'wait that man's not white!'. She knew before the news broke. Looks like a regular " Bob" to me.
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The intense efforts by even "good" media to hide Pope Leo's Creole and Haitian heritage might be a good story to cover:
https://bsky.app/profile/kaptruthbetold.bsky.social/post/3loq7ir3rvk2q
Does not work
He only lost the "accent aigü": Prévost.
I'm not a christian but damn, he sounds kinda like a nice dude
He sees Trump and his sniveling sidekick Vance for EXACTLY who they are.
If I read he visited Epstein’s island I’m gonna remove all communication and news reading and give up.
And thats exactly what they were made for, to gain control over people.. making people obsessed over this sky daddy so they have to obey, its basically like what trump does to his believers.
Well done, cardinals, you did exactly what anyone paying attention could have expected.
A bunch of morons in robes, abusing children.
#HumanReform
#GlobalReform
(Before you ask, yes -- I did my research. I always research info before I post. It's the responsible thing to do.)
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0k2OP6vARhmYYLtASBm3vL?si=JfaNS169SPKOI9_9tUv7Ng
https://www.ncronline.org/news/white-smoke-black-pope-genealogist-says-leo-xiv-has-louisiana-african-roots
“It’s unbelievable, the whole world is cheering, but the victims are not.”
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2025/05/08/rik-deville-zeer-ontgoocheld-nieuwe-paus-seksueel-misbruik/
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 !
https://www.blackcatholicmessenger.org/pope-leo-xiv-ancestry/
Let's women speak in church.
Does nothing to stop priests abusing children
"Good guy"
Feeling better about everything now. Probably shouldn’t have jumped to conclusions… sorry 🙏
Well, this has the all the markings of some CONCLAVE-caliber denouement plot twisting.
A watched phone never rings, DonOld.
Wow, NPR budget cuts hit the editors hard.
https://www.nola.com/news/first-american-pope-roots-new-orleans/article_3c7bfdf1-8f69-452e-af01-90aa012366df.html
He left America when he was 30 & lived in Peru for 39 years.
He is an American - Peruvian Pope.
Too much DEI.
During that period he lived in Manilla for a short period.
From 2001-2013 Prior General of the Order of St. Augustine.
Returned to Chicago 1986-1988
Back to Peru 1988-1998
1999-2013 returned to Chicago
During this time he visited & lived in the Philippines.
Yes he did live in Chicago, during that time, you're original post said 17 yrs ago, he was in the Philippines.
OK Taffy?
Let’s see how they do.
#catholics #Leo
Dont get me wrong tho, I was being facetious. American Catholics will unashamedly continue to do the polar opposite of Jesus’ teachings.
The reason why this Catholic 🙋♀️ doesn’t attend church in America any more.
Get it ALL THE WAY CORRECT you fuckin idiots.
Let’s be crystal clear about ALL of his heritage
Bachelor of Science.
My daughter has a major in Physics and a minor in Math Statistics.
Something in the air around these parts of the country.
Not Villanova for her tho.
The son of a veteran
How come that you don't acknowledge this too in your piece? It's so important and you didn't mention it. Your dissing a whole nation and dismissing his love for Peru.
They're institutionalized and systemic pedophilia.
I forgot and I fucking went to catholic school :P
But using an ai to get your point across isn't it
That's why he's not MAGA.
Just like MAGATs you can white wash your comment, it doesn't mean its not true.
Peace also, you chose to comment.
Seems the cardinals made a wise choice
His very simple and God fearing..
😊😁😂
#CreoleAndHaitian 😍