Why am I internet-stalking the pope?

The infinitesimal the achromatic fume appeared supra the Sistine Chapel, I instantly turned connected my television, due to the fact that I wanted to spot who the caller pope would be, and past hopped connected societal media, due to the fact that I knew that the net could archer maine much astir the caller pope faster than tv could. That, and the memes would beryllium good.

The memes came first, naturally, flying successful harder and faster than they ever did with Pope Francis, due to the fact that the caller pope was American. Not conscionable that - Robert Francis Prevost, present Pope Leo XIV, was from Chicago, with a bio afloat of taste touchstones that the American meme system grasped immediately: Did the pope ever portion Malort? Was the pope a Cubs oregon a Sox fan? Was God going to intercede connected behalf of the Knicks successful the NBA playoffs due to the fact that the pope graduated from Villanova? The adjacent question of accusation was, I'd suspected, going to beryllium quality and articles astir his upbringing, pastoral past and spiritual stances - things that would archer the satellite what benignant of person this caller pope would be.

And past idiosyncratic I followed posted a screenshot from an X relationship with the grip @drprevost: 3 retweets, implicit the past 3 months, that linked to articles harshly cri …

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