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IT News<p>New pope chose his name based on AI’s threats to “human dignity” - Last Thursday, white smoke emerged from a chimney at the Sistine Chapel, s... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/05/new-pope-chose-his-name-based-on-ais-threats-to-human-dignity/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/information-te</span><span class="invisible">chnology/2025/05/new-pope-chose-his-name-based-on-ais-threats-to-human-dignity/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/machinelearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>machinelearning</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/catholicchurch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>catholicchurch</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/popefrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>popefrancis</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/popeleoxiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>popeleoxiv</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/thevatican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thevatican</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/aiethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aiethics</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/thepope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thepope</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/biz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biz</span></a>⁢ <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>The surprising election of the first American pope felt fraught and disorienting to Roman Catholics around the world until Pope Leo XIV stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica and chose to speak in Spanish. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/12/world/politics/world-catholics-first-american-pope/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/</span><span class="invisible">12/world/politics/world-catholics-first-american-pope/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/catholicism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>catholicism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/popefrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>popefrancis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/popeleo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>popeleo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/peru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peru</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"His past statements and closeness to bishops from the Global South — who tend to be more conservative on these questions — suggest little innovation. But his support for the synodal process and for modest advances in women’s roles in the church under Francis might leave open some doors to change."</p><p>The problem: if you want to preach justice effectively to the world, you have to practice in your church itself.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeoXIV</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PopeFrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PopeFrancis</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inclusivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusivity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>love</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a><br>/7</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>In E.J. Dionne's view, Pope Leo "promises to be an important voice for social justice, international solidarity — and bridge building. </p><p>However, as Dionne notes, </p><p>"It is hard to read where the new pope will lead on LGBTQ+ rights and the role of women in the church, important issues everywhere but particularly in the American church."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeoXIV</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PopeFrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PopeFrancis</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inclusivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusivity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>love</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a><br>/6</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/08/pope-leo-francis-catholic-church/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/opinions/20</span><span class="invisible">25/05/08/pope-leo-francis-catholic-church/</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"And I think this is so important in a world that is, you know, we're on the verge of an AI dominated world that could very well further atomize us, further isolate us when we're already dealing with a pandemic of isolation and loneliness."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeoXIV</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PopeFrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PopeFrancis</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inclusivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusivity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>love</span></a> <br>/5</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"But I think we live in a world where an increasing number of people have an idea about the other, about the immigrant, about the poor worker, about the LGBTQ plus person, about the person with a different skin color or different country of origin versus a real experience of encounter with them."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeoXIV</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PopeFrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PopeFrancis</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inclusivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusivity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>love</span></a> <br>/4</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Then McCuller notes how, in his first public address after becoming pope, Leo spoke of the need to build bridges and encounter each other. For McCuller, this strongly echoes Pope Francis:</p><p>"One of the things that Pope Francis said that I just love, he said so many things that I love, but one of them, he said, he said, realities are greater than ideas. He says, we love people. We don't love ideas. Not to say that ideas don't matter."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeoXIV</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PopeFrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PopeFrancis</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inclusivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusivity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>love</span></a> <br>/3</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Her "faith was alive, was a faith that did justice, that did mercy, that did service. I have memories of her making tamales in her kitchen and tortillas de harina from scratch and bringing them to the St. Vincent de Paul soup kitchen to feed her hungrier neighbors or helping the poor members of our family or volunteering in the rectory."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeoXIV</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PopeFrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PopeFrancis</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inclusivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusivity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>love</span></a> <br>/2</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Jennifer Rubin talks with Joseph Tomas McCuller, who is the Executive Director of PICO California, the largest faith-based community organizing network in California, about Pope Leo XIV. McCuller prefaces his remarks by saying he's the first in his Mexican Catholic family to graduate from college and his life was profoundly shaped by his abuelita.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeoXIV</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PopeFrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PopeFrancis</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inclusivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusivity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>love</span></a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://contrarian.substack.com/p/welcome-pope-leo-xiv-joseph-tomas" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">contrarian.substack.com/p/welc</span><span class="invisible">ome-pope-leo-xiv-joseph-tomas</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"When the cardinals in the conclave were looking for someone to lead the Roman Catholic church at its highest level, they appear to have confirmed Francis’ judgement when he chose chose Prevost to head the Vatican office charged that recommends who should be named a bishop and where bishops should serve:</p><p>"As Francis might have put it, in Prevost, the cardinals selected a shepherd who smells like the sheep."</p><p>~ Peterr</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeoXIV</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RobertPrevost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertPrevost</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PopeFrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PopeFrancis</span></a> <br>/29</p><p><a href="https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/05/09/cardinal-cody-cardinal-bernardin-and-pope-leo-xiv/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">emptywheel.net/2025/05/09/card</span><span class="invisible">inal-cody-cardinal-bernardin-and-pope-leo-xiv/</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The new pope, who served in the Vatican as a close ally of Francis, is known to share his predecessor’s deep concern for immigrants. And Leo XIV echoed the late pope’s message of liberal inclusiveness in his remarks from the balcony, calling for 'a united Church searching all together for peace and justice, working together as women and men, faithful to Jesus Christ.'”</p><p>~ John Nichols</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeoXIV</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PopeFrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PopeFrancis</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/inclusivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusivity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peace</span></a><br>/25</p><p><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/pope-leo-xiv-name-meaning-social-justice/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenation.com/article/society/</span><span class="invisible">pope-leo-xiv-name-meaning-social-justice/</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Noting that Leo XIV's first address echoes Pope Francis’ call for people to build bridges not walls and to seek peace and justice, Kristin Du Mez says,</p><p>"At a moment when the world seems spinning out of control, when hate is called righteous and lies mascarade as truth, the head of the Catholic church is pointing the global church to deeper truths, to a centuries-long tradition of Christian charity and respect for the dignity of all."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/LeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeoXIV</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PopeFrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PopeFrancis</span></a> <br>/23</p><p><a href="https://kristindumez.substack.com/p/pope-leo-xiv" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kristindumez.substack.com/p/po</span><span class="invisible">pe-leo-xiv</span></a></p>
DB 🌱💦<p>"Our hypocritical government goes to the Pope's funeral and then is complicit in the genocide in Gaza." Riccardo Ricciardi, Member of the Italian Parliament gives stunning, passionate speech. Worth watching.</p><p>"To pay your last respects to a man whose last gesture was to donate his car to Gaza, is the most hypocritical and disgusting thing you've done to now, because that car will likely be bombed by the very people with whom you are complicit."</p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/GiorgiaMeloni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiorgiaMeloni</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/PopeFrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PopeFrancis</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/PopeMobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PopeMobile</span></a></p>
Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/popefrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>popefrancis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/jdvance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jdvance</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alt</span></a> </p><p>Heather Cox Richardson 5/8/25<br>Pope Francis Responds to JD Vance</p>
Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/jdvance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jdvance</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>catholic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/catholics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>catholics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/popefrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>popefrancis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alt</span></a> </p><p>Heather Cox Richardson 5/9/25<br>JD Vance vs Pope Francis</p>
RealJournalism<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@f800gecko" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>f800gecko</span></a></span> Well, the pigs are squealing, so that's a hopeful sign. Also, I think <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PopeFrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PopeFrancis</span></a> wanted him as his successor. He served in the US &amp; Peru until two years ago, when he came out of nowhere and rapidly shot up the ranks in Rome. They share the same heart for the poor and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>.The last Pope Leo was in many ways ultraconservative, but also made remarks about the working class that you might think were made by a commie if you didn't know any better.</p>
Pax Ahimsa Gethen<p>So there's a new <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Pope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pope</span></a>. Just like <a href="https://me.dm/tags/PopeFrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PopeFrancis</span></a>, I don't expect <a href="https://me.dm/tags/PopeLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PopeLeo</span></a> will change the regressive stance of the <a href="https://me.dm/tags/CatholicChurch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatholicChurch</span></a> with regard to women, queer and trans people. </p><p><a href="https://funcrunch.medium.com/pope-francis-was-no-ally-to-the-oppressed-2ba2ddc8de15?sk=3792570c287e524ffed0df7d93834742" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">funcrunch.medium.com/pope-fran</span><span class="invisible">cis-was-no-ally-to-the-oppressed-2ba2ddc8de15?sk=3792570c287e524ffed0df7d93834742</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Prevost served as a bishop in Chiclayo, in northwestern <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Peru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peru</span></a>, 2015–2023.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PopeFrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PopeFrancis</span></a> brought him to Rome that year to head the Vatican office in charge of choosing which priests should serve as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Catholic</span></a> bishops across the globe.</p><p>Prevost said during a 2023 Vatican press conference: "Our work is to enlarge the tent &amp; to let everyone know they are welcome inside the Church."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pope</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeoXIV</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RobertPrevost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertPrevost</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicago</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>New <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pope</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RobertPrevost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertPrevost</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PopeLeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PopeLeoXIV</span></a></p><p>Dual National of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Peru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peru</span></a></p><p>A centrist (relatively speaking- to the church)</p><p>Progressive on a few social issues (again, relatively speaking, for the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Catholic</span></a> Church)</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/live/conclave-pope-catholic-church-updates-5-8-2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/live/conclave-pope-</span><span class="invisible">catholic-church-updates-5-8-2025</span></a></p><p>So a sort of "meh"</p><p>Hopefully he continues to lean progressive and embrace marginalized groups like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PopeFrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PopeFrancis</span></a> did</p>
Nonilex<p>'<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peace</span></a> be with you all', <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pope</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeoXIV</span></a> says in his first public words.</p><p>Cardinal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RobertPrevost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertPrevost</span></a>, 69, is an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> who has spent much of his career as a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/missionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>missionary</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Peru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peru</span></a>, is relatively unknown.</p><p>Made a cardinal by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PopeFrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PopeFrancis</span></a> in 2023, he has given few media interviews &amp; rarely speaks in public.</p><p>Originally from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicago</span></a>, he has attracted interest from his peers because of his quiet style &amp; support for Francis' 12yr papacy, especially his commitment to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> issues.</p>