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How will the next #pope be chosen? YDS/ISM professor Teresa Berger explains the process in this new "Rose Walk and Talk" prepared by Yale University's communications office. https://

I'm not Catholic, but I am from the Chicago area, so I took a greater than usual interest in the new Pope's first speech earlier on.
Or, "Al Capope" as the wife spontaneously referred to him.
#pope #LeoXIV

There's a really charming movie from the '80s called "Saving Grace" starring Tom Conti as a young, newly installed #Pope who sends the Vatican into an uproar by going off on walkabout without telling them where he is.
In the movie his regnal name was Leo XIV, so I can't help but wonder whether the real world Leo XIV remembers that movie and thought, "Ha, why not…

“We’re in a moment when the moral forces of the world and religious forces of the world have a deep responsibility to say it doesn’t have to be this way.”
—The Divinity School's William Barber in today's NY Times speaking about the wars, polarization, inequality, disinformation, and other challenges #PopeLeo must contend with as he begins his papacy

For Catholics, the Pope Is a Holy Father. For the World, He Is a Powerful Voice
The papacy is a global platform, so the issues Pope Leo chooses to focus on can resonate far beyond the church.

Ok, we have an America pope now. I am sure the guy is a great guy and will be a good pope, however I can already see Trump threatening his family to extort influence over the church. #pope #leoxiv #tump

Black smoke #pope

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