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How a Quiet American Cardinal Became Pope

28 points by nxobject 1y ago

wavemode 1y ago
https://archive.ph/m83f7 https://archive.ph/m83f7
tobr 1y ago
> ”Bob, this could be proposed to you” That’s incredible. The new pope is called Bob. I will only refer to him as Pope Bob I.
- throw310822 1y ago
  Bob's twitter account is still online. Used sparingly and mostly for retweets, but used: "Catholic, Augustinian, Bishop" Currently in Rome. https://x.com/drprevost https://x.com/drprevost
  - pwdisswordfishz 1y ago
    And the official Vatican account, @Pontifex, went back to being attributed to Francis, after briefly being named "Apostolica Sedes Vacans". I suppose it makes more sense than the total mess that is @eucopresident, where past tweets are retroactively attributed to the current officeholder.
  - nxobject 1y ago
    Most importantly, title is in Spanish!
- em3rgent0rdr 1y ago
  Just like that, Bob's your uncle and Holy father.
fakedang 1y ago
Considering Pope Bob I's the only pope with a very active online history, I wouldn't call him "quiet". Especially with him being an anti-MAGA critic of the current US regime, as his post and comment history on X shows.
Tsiklon 1y ago
I’m a lapsed catholic. I look forward to seeing how the new Pope chooses to use his position. I saw Francis as a decent, respectable man, and especially took heart in his and the church’s recent rational missive on AI. Leo XIV has to rise to one of the greatest organisational challenges anyone could face in the current day; managing this Leviathan institution through a minefield that’s ever shifting, the consequences for gaffes and misspokenness are very real and enormous.
- IAmBroom 1y ago
  Francis did a lot of the heavy lifting, clearing the way. He gutted the completely corrupt management of the Vatican bank, which was amici intimi with la Cosa Nostra. That alone was a major milestone of his legacy, that no one talks about anymore. He opened the door to talking about women as near-equals in the Church, and homosexuals as valuable parts of the congregation worthy of respect. Sure, going farther would have been better, but I'm not sure it was really possible. He may not have turned the RC Church around, but at least he untied the steering wheel from its anciently lashed position. THIS pope starts with a blemish on his public record about handling pedo priests; HOPEFULLY that will spur him to being more proactive than even Francis was. [I'm an atheist former Catholic.]

28 points by nxobject 1y ago

https://archive.ph/m83f7 https://archive.ph/m83f7

tobr 1y ago

> ”Bob, this could be proposed to you” That’s incredible. The new pope is called Bob. I will only refer to him as Pope Bob I.

throw310822 1y ago
Bob's twitter account is still online. Used sparingly and mostly for retweets, but used: "Catholic, Augustinian, Bishop" Currently in Rome. https://x.com/drprevost https://x.com/drprevost
- pwdisswordfishz 1y ago
  And the official Vatican account, @Pontifex, went back to being attributed to Francis, after briefly being named "Apostolica Sedes Vacans". I suppose it makes more sense than the total mess that is @eucopresident, where past tweets are retroactively attributed to the current officeholder.
- nxobject 1y ago
  Most importantly, title is in Spanish!
em3rgent0rdr 1y ago
Just like that, Bob's your uncle and Holy father.

fakedang 1y ago

Considering Pope Bob I's the only pope with a very active online history, I wouldn't call him "quiet". Especially with him being an anti-MAGA critic of the current US regime, as his post and comment history on X shows.

Tsiklon 1y ago

I’m a lapsed catholic. I look forward to seeing how the new Pope chooses to use his position. I saw Francis as a decent, respectable man, and especially took heart in his and the church’s recent rational missive on AI. Leo XIV has to rise to one of the greatest organisational challenges anyone could face in the current day; managing this Leviathan institution through a minefield that’s ever shifting, the consequences for gaffes and misspokenness are very real and enormous.

IAmBroom 1y ago
Francis did a lot of the heavy lifting, clearing the way. He gutted the completely corrupt management of the Vatican bank, which was amici intimi with la Cosa Nostra. That alone was a major milestone of his legacy, that no one talks about anymore. He opened the door to talking about women as near-equals in the Church, and homosexuals as valuable parts of the congregation worthy of respect. Sure, going farther would have been better, but I'm not sure it was really possible. He may not have turned the RC Church around, but at least he untied the steering wheel from its anciently lashed position. THIS pope starts with a blemish on his public record about handling pedo priests; HOPEFULLY that will spur him to being more proactive than even Francis was. [I'm an atheist former Catholic.]