TIME's new cover: An American Pope

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[Solly Mack]

1. Pope Bob from Chicago.

[SheltieLover]

2. No doubt infuriating to slobby & pee wee german

[Solly Mack]

3. Yes. Very.

[SheltieLover]

5. Glad to hear.

[AllaN01Bear]

10. pee wee germain? can i use , borrow and steal that one ?

to borrow something biblica,, a thorn in ,,,s side

[SheltieLover]

12. Of course! Not mine. I borrowed from grotesque pix of forehead in nazi uniform

Caution: eye bleach needed if you go looking for that pix!

[AllaN01Bear]

13. nope, no worries .

[LudwigPastorius]

22. Otherwise known as...

Da Holy Fadda.

[Solly Mack]

25. Ha! Yes.

[snowybirdie]

4. I'm psyched

My cousin knows him!!!!

[LittleGirl]

6. more please nt

[snowybirdie]

8. My cousin

was a student at St Rita HS in Chicago and had him as a teacher. Then later, as a businessman and school Booster, he attended many dinners with him. Six degrees of separation. Said he's a quiet spoken man.

[LittleGirl]

9. Thank you! I think he's going to be a great pope.

I grew up near Chicago and I'm thrilled even though I'm not a practicing catholic anymore.

[eppur_se_muova]

21. Any chance he might have encountered the Obamas during that time ?

I'd love to see Turnip get the news about that, if so -- he'll have the first "projectile embolism" in medical history !

[MorbidButterflyTat]

24. Maybe an "anonymous source"

or sources could reveal anecdotes describing the close personal relationship between the Obamas and the new Pope.

[Talitha]

23. "was a student at St Rita HS in Chicago"

OMG, my husband went to that school - graduated in 1970.

[Grim Chieftain]

7. I'm not even Catholic, and I'm excited

This Pope is definitely not going to give Trump and Vance a pass.

[Paladin]

26. You've got lots of company. (nt)

[bdamomma]

28. I'm not

Catholic either. I like him.

[Colorado Liberal]

11. Pope Leo XI \V/

As a fellow Villanova grad (7 years later) and fellow holder of a B.S. in Mathematics from Villanova, I find myself much more excited about this than I expected...

(I can just hear my mom asking me why I didn't accomplish as much with my education as he did...)

[Cha]

14. TY Kick for the new Pope from

Chicago!🕯️🕊️💙🌈🌻🇨🇦🌊😎

[Hassin Bin Sober]

15. Better photo:

[Littlered]

16. I never thought I'd see the day.

[valleyrogue]

17. If he as good as Pope Francis, he should be really good.

I think most people were surprised that the papal election was so quick, not to mention an American who was not a fascistic wingding, was picked.

[erronis]

18. Non xitter image

[InstantGratification]

19. Sorry I can't add to the serious discourse, but humor has it's place too.

I found this to be the funniest comment on the internet today:

The last fellas who came from Chicago, were given a rigorous education in Catholicism and then claimed to be on a mission from God? They destroyed a suburban shopping mall, wrecked about 300 police cars and ended up in Joliet penitentiary.

[Xoan]

20. I THOUGHT HE WAS CATHOLIC.

[anamnua]

27. Also the first Pope from an English-speaking country

since Pope Hadrian (from actual England) in the 12th century. He arguably caused the whole Anglo-Irish kerfuffle by formally handing over Ireland (my country) to Henry the second.