Papal Conclave Megathread

[Billy Hoyle]

The Big East tournament will be moving to the Vatican

[wadesworld]

"Cardinal George of Chicago, of happy memory, was one of my great mentors, and he said: 'Look, until America goes into political decline, there won't be an American pope.' And his point was, if America is kind of running the world politically, culturally, economically, they don't want America running the world religiously. So, I think there's some truth to that, that we're such a superpower and so dominant, they don't want to give us, also, control over the church."

Checks out.

[GB Warrior]

Is the Big East getting a pope before Notre Dame the thing that draws them back into conference

[CreightonWarrior]

Can he dunk?

[MU82]

Whoa ... he's from the Chi!

Got me excited for a second because I was sure it was Coach Ditka.

Apparently Pope Francis' chosen successor.

According to the little I've read so far, he has done well advocating for those less fortunate, as was the case with Francis. So that's good.

On the other hand ...

The first American pope is also one who did as little as possible to stop all the child raping.

That's disturbing. One can only hope he's had his eyes opened by the truth of those horrors.

[Pakuni]

https://x.com/realrobreinhart/status/1920530204369269056?s=42

This will help recruiting.

[Skatastrophy]

He's a Cubs fan and a Packers fan! What a mensch

[Uncle Rico]

He's a Cubs fan and a Packers fan! What a mensch

Oh, no

[Pakuni]

https://x.com/drprevost/status/1886469097560719594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1886469097560719594%7Ctwgr%5E995dfbff913c2ffa2648a12fb0940a7ad2e580fc%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediaite.com%2Fnews%2Fjd-vance-is-wrong-heres-what-the-new-pope-has-tweeted-about-trump-and-us-politics%2F

[Uncle Rico]

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨WOKE POPE🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

[Billy Hoyle]

That 50 year reunion at Nova in 2027 is going to have a lot of fellow grads feeling pretty inferior.

"I just retired after 40 years as a partner at a NYC law firm. What are you up to these days, Bob?"

[Shaka Shart]

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨WOKE POPE🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

Would hate to be getting a cavity drilled when this news and realization arrived.

[Billy Hoyle]

Nova grads are about to approach Georgetown grad level of insufferability.

[TallTitan34]

Is Villanova going to retire 14?

[GB Warrior]

Is Villanova going to retire 14?

They're offended he didn't take the name John Thompson IV

[Warriors4ever]

Jay Bee I was at my church because they were having a talk on the conclave....

[TallTitan34]

They're offended he didn't take the name John Thompson IV

If I'm ever chosen as Pope I'm going with Pope Shaka I.

[Jay Bee]

Just another of many dudes at Nova who were virgins throughout their college years

[MU82]

Just another of many dudes at Nova who were virgins throughout their college years

How do you know?

[GB Warrior]

Despite suggestions to the contrary, seems the pope is a white Sox fan and knows real suffering

[muwarrior69]

"Cardinal George of Chicago, of happy memory, was one of my great mentors, and he said: 'Look, until America goes into political decline, there won't be an American pope.' And his point was, if America is kind of running the world politically, culturally, economically, they don't want America running the world religiously. So, I think there's some truth to that, that we're such a superpower and so dominant, they don't want to give us, also, control over the church."

Checks out.

He may have been born and educated here, but most of his religious and clerical life was spent in Peru. He may be American, but I wonder if he identifies as Peruvian.

[muwarrior69]

So, the real Conclave had a more surprising ending than the Hollywood Conclave.

[Uncle Rico]

He may have been born and educated here, but most of his religious and clerical life was spent in Peru. He may be American, but I wonder if he identifies as Peruvian.

And he's woke, too

[TallTitan34]

He may have been born and educated here, but most of his religious and clerical life was spent in Peru. He may be American, but I wonder if he identifies as Peruvian.

[tower912]

He may have been born and educated here, but most of his religious and clerical life was spent in Peru. He may be American, but I wonder if he identifies as Peruvian.

Hopefully