He is the First from The USA but not the Americas . The U.S. is not the only country in America . Guess you forgot Argentina is in SOUTH AMERICA.

Immigration policy as practiced by the Trump administration is flat out racism. They want to increase the population via birth because more white babies will be born. They could increase the population via immigration but the people that want to immigrate are the wrong color.

so insipid and dumb

Picked to pick a fight with worldwide maQatdum

You mean like a real Christian! Can't wait for him to get to work. 🕊

That’s not progressive. It’s normal.

Pretty conservative on LGBTQ+ issues during his time in Peru, according to what I've read...we can hope for the best, however...👍

lol. But still an open and a catholic. Yah!’ Tell us a far fetched story Robert !! Noah and his big boat please !! One that now MAGA is bad until they may realize that the Catholic Church is the 2000 version of the same thing. Screw the damn pope and who cates if he’s American.

The beautiful sound of maga heads exploding.

Just what the Papacy needs... a Chicago Cardinal!! NB: Chicago Cardinals are now the Arizona Cardinals...

Also so sweet. He looks genuinely moved, like he’s holding back tears.

I’m positive trump will take credit for him being the first American pope. Make Popes Great Again

He speaks Spanish also.

Trump, annoyed that he isn’t the pope, makes a public bid to buy Vatican City (to turn it into a casino) and makes outcry to bring the pope home. Pope will then be disappeared into a Guatemalan gulag. Trump powerless to free pope, casino goes broke, trump blames Masons. World explodes.

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Not so much on LGBT and child abuse issues.

Well, the first American pope since the last pope who was Argentinian; South America; American.

A great day to be a Catholic. A great day to be an American. 🇺🇸 Leo XIV will be a Pope for the poor, the migrant, the marginalized. He will carry on Francis’s work. I’m elated.

The Church just gave the Orange Jesus a big fuck you.

Pope Leo XIII, the namesake, shepherded the RCC, into the modern era, encouraging a more progressive approach to faith and social reform. He wanted the RCC to be more active in communicating with the world and more accessible and to be open to exploring secular and scientific topics. A good sign.

First act of the new Pope: Open all Vatican archives like Felon47 did with the rest of the JFK files.

He’s known for his anti LGBTQ views. He’s far from being a progressive.

“Progressive” means something different in the Catholic lexicon.

I was so hoping for Pope Pizzaballs.

JD the cushion pusher is already flying over to issue his death touch.

He just said the church should be inclusive!

Thank you for vriefly mentioning his views on immigration/social-issues... when I heard that the new pope was American, my blood froze. 🙄

Go USA 🇺🇸