Current Events & World Politics

someone from chicago with an affinity for peruvian culture…i’m afraid the conclave just elected yeso as the damn pope

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Will he invite all the cardinals to eat McDonalds in the sistine chapel now?

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So is this woke pope?

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possibly woke on economics and politics, probably not woke on gay stuff

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I’m unsure why we let kiddy fiddlers and their sympathizers have opinions about sexuality and gender.

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This only adds fuel to the fire that JD Vance killed Francis.

For the record, the only result I wanted was for the American not to be elected. I don’t need the Catholic church directly interfering with American politics more than it already does.

This fucking blows, dude.

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Pretty hypocritical of him to be a homophobe and a transphobe considering what he is clearly named after


Most importantly though at least it’s not the Quebecois

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A game that bombed so hard they had to end it prematurely and rebuild it under crunch. Maybe a moon will fall on him also.

Was the poutine worse than the burger? I have not been following.

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papa gringo

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From what I remember he was pretty much equivalent on the queerphobia, maybe also on the pedophilia apologia, and also not as nominally progressive politically. I’m mostly just making fun of Quebec for no reason though

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I dont like that there’s a Pope from here. I love my city dont get me wrong, but it’s not somewhere the Pope should be from

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leo’s a dumb name for a pope, imho

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My band had an elaborate on-stage bit planned for our next show that involved a smoke machine, a hat and a ghostly projection of the former pope. Can’t do it now, those new pope guys worked too quickly.

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as a non-catholic

  1. an American pope is so tacky
  2. would be hilarious if the pope had a hyperspecific regional accent ala Parker Posey on The White Lotus

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Yes, please tell the Church to stay out of our otherwise pristine and beautiful politics.

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It’s Léon in French and León in Spanish, if that’s better for you.

My prediction: SNL will have a Chicago Hope / Chicago Pope bit this weekend.

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Popplio XIV jokes are already here

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at least in the short term, this is my primary worry about the new Pope

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