Meet the New American Pope of the Catholic Church
PJ Media,
by
Catherine Salgado
Original Article
Posted By: ladydawgfan,
5/8/2025 3:00:26 PM
Habemus papam — we have a pope, and progressive Catholics will likely be pleased. And for the first time ever, the pope is an American.
Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Leo XIV, is an American who also has Peruvian citizenship. He was a favorite of the late Pope Francis but has often kept a fairly low public profile, meaning that while his tendencies indicate a less traditional and strictly doctrinal perspective, his likely actions as pope have yet to be clearly predicted. But his first speech ominously seemed much in line with progressive rhetoric.
It is unfortunate that the new pope was a favorite of the late Pope Francis, who prioritized leftist politics
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
bpl40 5/8/2025 3:07:42 PM (No. 1947053)
Looks like the leftward tilt will continue. And he is only 69.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
jdano 5/8/2025 3:16:38 PM (No. 1947058)
1. He's younger than me. That's disturbing. 2. He's opposed to LGBQ. That's good. 3. He's critical of Trump's deportation policy. He's a Peruvian citizen. So, there you go. Looks like we got another loser.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
downnout 5/8/2025 3:21:06 PM (No. 1947061)
It doesn’t look like the church is going to become Catholic anytime soon.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
FormerDem 5/8/2025 3:23:57 PM (No. 1947062)
He is pro-life and does not compromise doctrine. And of course he is pro-poor. For God's sake. ... Also meaningful: this election came on the feast day of Our Lady of Pompeii, a shrine set up by an ex-Satanist and lawyer, Bartolo Longo, who converted at mid-life and set out to serve God and revive the faith in a poor and discouraged and faithless place. And his efforts were the best he could do but he did not really know what to do. His efforts would be kind of funny and hopeless looking were it not that God crowned them with miracles. It is now a widely loved shrine and feastday. In the grace of this day, here is hoping all Satanists turn to our Lady for help getting to Heaven instead. Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
daisey 5/8/2025 3:41:06 PM (No. 1947068)
He’s already complaining about Trump’s stance on illegal immigration. Ok, then tear down the 39 ft wall around the Vatican and let anyone enter. I grew up with the Latin mass and I had to wear a head covering of some sort. Then came the hootenanny mass. Nope. And now, I don’t know what to think.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
oldmagnolia 5/8/2025 3:41:20 PM (No. 1947069)
Let's wait and see before start criticizing. I am a practicing catholic. Didn't like Francis at all. I like the name he chose and the order he is from. He will have to deal with the lavender mafia, pedofilia in the clergy and traffic of minors. Let alone poverty in the world. Not an easy task. May God help him
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
john56 5/8/2025 3:49:11 PM (No. 1947075)
More proof nothing decent has come out of Chicago. Sounds like Pope Franky as a leftist from Chicago.
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The previous Pope was an American too
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
sunnyday 5/8/2025 3:55:34 PM (No. 1947081)
#5. I and mine do not care what the pope thinks about our President. He has no authority over our President.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
DVC 5/8/2025 3:56:00 PM (No. 1947082)
One Communist pope followed by another Communist pope, it sounds like to me.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 5/8/2025 4:17:54 PM (No. 1947095)
I'm done with the catholic church. I prayed that Cardinal Robert Sarah would have been our next Pope. You would know that the Cardinals had to pick a new pope to the left of Francis.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 5/8/2025 4:29:24 PM (No. 1947100)
He was ordained Cardinal in 2024. Seems to me he was fast tracked which means he might be Francis chosen successor. Time will tell. He doesn't have to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor. He was leader of a group in the Vatican that chose future Bishops, so he was shaping the church.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
NullUnit60 5/8/2025 4:29:36 PM (No. 1947101)
Here's to the new boss. Same as the old boss.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
red1066 5/8/2025 4:43:12 PM (No. 1947108)
One of the NBC commentators upon finding out the new Pope is from America quickly said, "He's not too American, he spent most of his time in Peru. She said as if being American was a negative on his part.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
caljeepgirl 5/8/2025 5:05:53 PM (No. 1947114)
Not Catholic myself, but my sons are & I was REALLY lucky to have benefitted from wonderful Catholic school education! Frankly, he doesn't really strike me as a particularly 'political' individual....guess we'll soon find out. I, too, love the name he chose, and I'm a big fan of St. Augustine, so there's that!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
LanceLink1 5/8/2025 5:06:16 PM (No. 1947115)
Greatest Trump troll of all time: Say he is kicking the UN out of the USA and that real estate, since the pope is an American, to be the home of the new Vartican.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
buckeye1 5/8/2025 5:15:12 PM (No. 1947118)
He's not going to be pigeon-holed by politics. He votes in the GOP primaries. He is pro life and he has a concerned for the marginalized people. Bottom line is that ALL rhe prognostigaors got this selection wrong. It was, they thought, going to be Parolin.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
DVC 5/8/2025 5:25:08 PM (No. 1947127)
The "American pope" turns out to actually be a Peruvian pope.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Tusker 5/8/2025 5:28:05 PM (No. 1947128)
Pope Francis stacked the deck with 163 cardinals from 76 countries ensuring the installation of his clone Robert Prevost.
So much for the Holy Spirit playing any part of this charade.
Robert Prevost is not "The Church". Robert Prevost is Robert Prevost. A continuing disaster of a story yet to be written.
"The Church" will prevail.
Robert Prevost will not.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
happywarrior 5/8/2025 5:55:01 PM (No. 1947138)
Alas, we will never have another Pope John Paul II.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Newtsche 5/8/2025 6:35:05 PM (No. 1947157)
Saul Alinsky infused the Chicago Catholic church with a social justice activism cancer that has spread through the whole church.
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