Robert Francis Prevost becomes first US pope and will be known as Leo XIV

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/08/new-pope-conclave-vatican-white-black-smoke-papacy-catholic-cardinals

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7 Comments

trk@aussie.zone · 13 pts · 1y (2 replies)

His first action will be to announce tariffs on other religions (big deficit with the Sikh, they've been subsidising deity access for years) and that the Pope mobile will be a Cybertruck.

Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

This guy has openly spoken out against Trump and Vance. Seems kind of lame to assume he's going to do anything like this.

trk@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1y

I dunno man, most of my negative assumptions about the actions of Americans in position of power have turned out to be true of late. If I'm wrong I'll take the L but at the minute I'm on a pretty long streak.

*toot toot, I'm a pope*

BadlyDrawnRhino@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

So let me get this straight. JD Vance visits the pope, the pope then dies, and now they've elected an American to replace him? Seems suspicious.

SplashJackson@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 1y

Who the fuck is this JD Vance guy anyway? Sounds like a discount clothing store

Frjttr@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y

It doesn’t surprise me at all.

wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io · 1 pts · 1y

The Sun Pope!