Why isn't the Pope speaking in English?

[woolldog]

If you're going to stay in America, you should speak American, imho.

[pinboy3niner]

1. How's the weather in Wasilla?

[WI_DEM]

2. Sarah is this you or your twit daughter?

[underpants]

3. This is America dammit! Speak Spanish!

[BeyondGeography]

4. What we have here is a failure to pontificate

[CTyankee]

13. oh...

good one!

[Enrique]

16. hahahahaha

[Igel]

31. Let him go.

He's just being a bridge builder. NYC, with all those rivers, needs bridges.

Pontifex, anybody?

[Siwsan]

5. He gave his White House speech in impressive English, for a newbie English speaker

Much better than my Spanish, that's for sure. And I don't believe he's going to be setting down any roots, here.

[COLGATE4]

6. Stop casting asparagus on the Pope nt

[spanone]

7. jeez, where have i heard that before?

[pinboy3niner]

8. It's just more of that Liberal Popey-changey thing

[annabanana]

24. Eeeeeek!

keyboard alert.

[Glassunion]

11. Right here on DU?

Speak 'Merican or shut up (I'm paraphrasing)...

[RandySF]

9. You're being sarcastic, right?

[trof]

22. Of course.

[bigwillq]

10. He speaks good English. American? Not so much.

He's still learning how to speak American.
Give him a month or two.

[jberryhill]

14. I find his accent difficult

That's just me. I can understand him better in Spanish, once you get the hang of the -zh- sound that is used for 'll' in Argentine pronunciation.

[elleng]

18. It is difficult;

heard him briefly at the White House. (I could never understand it in Spanish!)

And I read that he's not as comfortable in English as in other languages.

[Igel]

30. Prefer his pronunciation.

And the word "sos" is wonderful. Much better than the usual "eres."

[brooklynite]

12. The Pope is Latin American, which explains why the Mass is in Latin...

[TexasProgresive]

15. Do they really speak Latin in Latin America?

Learn sommat new ever day.

[demosincebirth]

27. they speak Latin in Mexico, too?

[pnwmom]

26. Are you sure it wasn't in Spanish? Most masses are said in the vernacular,

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not in Latin. And for him, the language he's comfortable with is Spanish.

Update: I just read a report that the mass was said in Spanish.

[Historic NY]

17. Hows his Italian?

[jberryhill]

20. Probably fluent

His parents were Italian, and Argentina is something like 40% Italian.

[KamaAina]

19. Srsly! If it was good enough for Jesus, it should be good enough for the Pope!

[woolldog]

25. Exactly.

You "get" it.

[yuiyoshida]

29. I am not sure that

Donald Trump Agrees....

His sit down and shut up....stance.

[KamaAina]

32. His Pope hat is a bit askew.

[lpbk2713]

21. He doesn't want to play on Trump's golf course.

So he really doesn't GAF if anyone likes his Spanish or not.

[Rex]

23. You just didn't notice, he is speaking in perfect American.

[Wounded Bear]

28. Yeah, like Jesus did! nt