Conclave sweat threat: Who will be the next pope?
Pope Francis has left the table. The first Latin‑American pontiff played every street of his twelve‑year run
Da Pope
Chicago all up in these canonical basilicas
This isn’t the thread for this obviously but man is far-right megaphone a lucrative racket
These idiots emptied their pockets to give almost a million dollars to that one bitch who was on video calling a 5 year old the n word
- 1. Cardinal Pietro Parolin (70, Italy)
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Current role: Vatican Secretary of State (chief diplomat).
If elected: A low‑drama, diplomacy‑driven pontificate with an emphasis on Curial consensus. - 2. Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle (67, Philippines)
[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Antonio_Tagle]
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Current role: Pro‑Prefect, Dicastery for Evangelization.
If elected: Warm missionary zeal and an Asian perspective, continuing Francis‑style storytelling. - 3. Cardinal Matteo Zuppi (69, Italy)
[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matteo_Zuppi]
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Current role: Archbishop of Bologna; President, Italian Bishops’ Conference.
If elected: Sant’Egidio‑inspired peace mediation plus inclusive social outreach. - 4. Cardinal Jean‑Claude Hollerich (66, Luxembourg)
[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Hollerich]
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Current role: Archbishop of Luxembourg; Relator General, global Synod on Synodality.
If elected: A synodal‑governance pope committed to shared decision‑making with laity. - 5. Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández (62, Argentina)
[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%ADctor_Manuel_Fern%C3%A1ndez]
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Current role: Prefect, Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
If elected: Deeper “field‑hospital” theology and a conversational doctrinal tone. - 6. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa (60, Italy)
[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierbattista_Pizzaballa]
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Current role: Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.
If elected: Middle‑East‑focused bridge‑building and robust interfaith diplomacy. - 7. Cardinal Peter Turkson (76, Ghana)
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Current role: Chancellor, Pontifical Academies of Sciences & Social Sciences.
If elected: A high‑profile ecological and economic‑justice agenda with an African voice. - 8. Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu (65, DR Congo)
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Current role: Archbishop of Kinshasa; member, Pope’s Council of Cardinals.
If elected: Prophetic advocacy for Congo Basin ecology and the Church’s peripheries. - 9. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost (69, United States)
[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Francis_Prevost]
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Current role: Prefect, Dicastery for Bishops; President, Pontifical Commission for Latin America.
If elected: Tighter episcopal oversight and pragmatic rollout of synodal structures. - 10. Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer (75, Brazil)
[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odilo_Scherer]
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Current role: Archbishop of São Paulo; Grand‑Chancellor, PUC‑São Paulo.
If elected: Pastoral pragmatism for megacities and a balanced Latin‑American theological voice.
nailed it
TIL that "prevost" in Lombardy (Milan region) ancient dialect means abbot or priest
praeposĭtus (vice-abbot) -> prevost in french, got into the dialect from french
source in italian
Lagtight, what do you think of his choice of name? You have to say "Leo, your holiness" and "my most holy father, Leo" now.
This isn’t the thread for this obviously but man is far-right megaphone a lucrative racket
These idiots emptied their pockets to give almost a million dollars to that one bitch who was on video calling a 5 year old the n word
Apparently the n-word is unacceptable (as it should be), but sexist language like "bitch" is okay around here?
Apparently the n-word is unacceptable (as it should be), but sexist language like "bitch" is okay around here?
Sure is, bitch.
Seems like the new Pope isn't really down with gay peeps
After years of sympathetic and inclusive comments from Pope Francis, LGBTQ+ Catholics expressed concern on Thursday about hostile remarks made more than a decade ago by Father Robert Prevost, the new Pope Leo XIV, in which he condemned what he called the “homosexual lifestyle” and “the redefinition of marriage” as “at odds with the Gospel”.
In a 2012 address to the world synod of bishops, the man who now leads the church said that “Western mass media is extraordinarily effective in fostering within the general public enormous sympathy for beliefs and practices that are at odds with the Gospel – for example abortion, homosexual lifestyle, euthanasia”.
In the remarks, of which he also read portions for a video produced by the Catholic News Service, a news agency owned by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the cleric blamed mass media for fostering so much “sympathy for anti-Christian lifestyles choices” that “when people hear the Christian message it often inevitably seems ideological and emotionally cruel”.
“Catholic pastors who preach against the legalization of abortion or the redefinition of marriage are portrayed as being ideologically driven, severe and uncaring,” Prevost added.
He went on to complain that “alternative families comprised of same-sex partners and their adopted children are so benignly and sympathetically portrayed in television programs and cinema today”.
The video illustrated his criticism of the “homosexual lifestyle” and “same-sex partners and their adopted children” with clips from two US sitcoms featuring same-sex couples, The New Normal and Modern Family.
The cleric also called for a “new evangelization to counter these mass media-produced distortions of religious and ethical reality”.
DignityUSA, a group that represents LGBTQ+ Catholics, also expressed “concern” with the pope’s previous comments but wrote in an online post: “We note that this statement was made during the papacy of Benedict XVI, when doctrinal adherence appeared to be expected. In addition, the voices of LGBTQ+ people were rarely heard at that level of church leadership. We pray that Pope Leo XIV will demonstrate a willingness to listen and grow as he begins his new role as the leader of the global church.”
Umm..
Wow.
I wanted to bet that the new pope would walk back the inclusion but couldn’t find any markets. Kind of hard to frame a bet like that with concrete rules
Really want to know what goes on in that conclave to influence the voting. Secret ballots. Probably some under the table stuff.
Apparently the n-word is unacceptable (as it should be), but sexist language like "bitch" is okay around here?
Relax, you little bitch
So the Pope apparently has a MAGA brother.
Thoughts?
What would you do if a sibling of yours would turn infallible all of a sudden?
