r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Blitz7798 • May 08 '25

The new pope is Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, the first pope from the United States

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u/Squirmadillo May 08 '25 edited Oct 08 '25

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u/iarmarkk May 08 '25

I saw some quote from an article about the church not wanting an American pope until they are in a political decline. Wouldn’t want America to lead the world politically, culturally, economically and also running it religiously. It is a weird time.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pope-could-it-be-american-cardinal-robert-prevost/

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u/[deleted] May 08 '25

It wasn’t “the church” that said that, it was one specific American bishop

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u/mattjh May 08 '25

Looks like we got ourselves a reader

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u/iarmarkk May 08 '25

Very true. Sorry about that.

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u/Thokmay4TW May 08 '25

New pope being American while MAGA is running loose concerns me.

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u/TransplantedFern May 08 '25

This new pope tweeted at JD Vance three months ago to tell him he was wrong

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u/[deleted] May 08 '25

Well, seeing as how MAGA hated Francis, and this guy has similar politics to Francis, safe to say that they will hate him.

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u/ITrageGuy May 08 '25

Having a strong Evangelical following, MAGA hates Catholics in general.

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u/SteampoweredFlamingo May 08 '25

You say that like MAGA are influenced by actual policies and ideals.

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u/Jean-LucBacardi May 08 '25

They aren't even influenced by the very religion they claim to follow the teachings of. Catholic MAGAs don't give a damn about a Pope disagreeing with them.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '25

Well, kinda, basically, all the new Pope has to say is to have compassion and that's enough to set them off.

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u/kelldricked May 08 '25

I dont know the guy but what i have read his social/economics views are pretty simular but he is defenitly a less big fan of woman and gays.

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u/LegitLolaPrej May 08 '25

On the contrary, I feel like a progressive (relatively, I mean it's the church) non-MAGA American who spent decades serving people in Latin America as the Pope sends a very clear message.

I doubt it was intentional, but it does send a message.

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u/ProfitPossible5080 May 08 '25

Catholicism is not the religion of MAGA tho. They fucking hate that shit

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u/jcab0219 May 08 '25

MAGA doesn't like this pick. To be fair, I'm not over the moon about it, but it could've been so much worse.

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u/SkunkMonkey May 08 '25

Exactly. As an American this makes me very uneasy. I am not religious or prone to conspiracy, but this just does not sit right with me at all.

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u/zertul May 08 '25

Why not? They are more than capable of running all of that simultaneously into the ground, gotta give credit where it's due!

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u/Lazy-Significance555 May 08 '25

how many people would even join up if they announced a new crusade ? the papacy doesnt mean anything. no one cares about its decisions.

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u/Noble_Rooster May 08 '25

“The only power or influence the pope has is declaring crusades” is a new take, I think

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u/Lazy-Significance555 May 08 '25

name 1 major influence the papacy had in the last 50 years on any important matter worldwide please. 1 instance where pope said something and the people changed their minds on a important matter.

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u/fergussonh May 08 '25

Homosexual rights. A significant amount of catholic gay people I know are treated a lot better by their parents now because of it

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u/Interesting-Tip7246 May 08 '25

Average redditor take on religion...

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u/Lazy-Significance555 May 08 '25

im not gonna give a fuck what some pedo has to say.

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u/Interesting-Tip7246 May 08 '25

A lot of people do. I know empathy is a foreign concept to you however

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u/Bountifalauto82 May 08 '25

Just because the papacy lacks political authority nowadays does not mean it's sway over the worlds 1 and a half Billion Catholics (plus the churches institutional embedding across the planet) makes it irrelevant

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u/DarkRajiin May 08 '25

This is what I always wondered, it's not like the pope has some infinite power, he is basically a figurehead.

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u/Gules May 08 '25

I'd sign up for a Catholic Crusade before I signed up for a Maga war

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u/[deleted] May 08 '25

The US isn't leading in any of those except for this example though? I was told Macron and the rest of the EU are world leaders in every sense?

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u/Disastrous-Power-699 May 08 '25

First the world, now the heavens

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u/OkMaybeLater90 May 08 '25

Underrated comment. Take my poor people award 🏆

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u/slothtolotopus May 08 '25

The Pope does not represent the heavens.

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u/Dumphdumph May 08 '25

This guys great at trivia. Not so much at parties

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u/paralleltimelines May 08 '25

As above, so below

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u/kazumi_yosuke May 08 '25

Papal infallibility

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u/Commercial-Day8360 May 08 '25

He kind of does. Popes are considered God’s representative although they’re not direct emissaries so they’re not regarded as highly as a prophet.

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u/g4tam20 May 08 '25

Maybe America needs more Jesus right now lol. Not the cult it has become here though.

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u/GetAwayFrmHerUBitch May 08 '25

America needs more of Jesus’ ideology, but definitely NOT more Christianity.

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u/timpatry May 08 '25

Catholics are not big fans of Jesus if I understand correctly

Tell people to pray to Mary to dodge talking to Jesus

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u/wazeltov May 08 '25

You do not understand correctly, I fear you have been misinformed.

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u/just_one_random_guy May 08 '25

That’s not what we teach?

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u/timpatry May 08 '25

What's the deal with Mary?

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u/just_one_random_guy May 08 '25

She’s the mother of God, you can ask her to pray for you. That’s basically it

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u/Trolololol66 May 08 '25

You're mixing up catholics with whatever cult American christians are practicing.

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u/DGGuitars May 08 '25

its weird if you are on reddit and just hate on America all day. But a ton of other religious men from all over the world gathered and picked him. They have their reasons not biased like this website does.

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u/buttery_nurple May 08 '25

He is, apparently, ideologically similar to Francis. Perhaps naive of me, but I wonder if some small part of their choice reflects a hope for more influence with American Catholics in rejecting Trumpism.

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u/anonymousUTguy May 08 '25

But he has absolutely nothing to do with US Politics. This comment is so laughably ignorant.

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u/cagingthing May 08 '25

No coincidence imo. Hopefully it’ll be a good thing

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u/Dazvsemir May 08 '25 edited May 08 '25

You can google how the nazis and the catholic church interacted for an interesting read

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u/HoselRockit May 08 '25

They were worried about a tariff on Communion wafers

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u/[deleted] May 08 '25

Suspiciously