Posted On: Thursday - May 8th 2025 2:39PM MST
In Topics: Americans Bible/Religion So-called Pope Francis
The white smoke has wafted out of the Vatican chimney - apparently it's much easier to pick a Pope when stoned. Is the new Pope
We weren't so sure about that standard joke question "Is the Pope Catholic" with the guy they had the last dozen years. We were pretty sure he was a Communist though. Due to our disgust with the Papal Bull out of so-called Pope Francis, we didn't even go take hundreds of pictures of the Vatican while in Rome. (Well, "don't as the Romans don't", they say... it would stand to reason ...)
Amazingly, not only is the new Pope Leo XIV (14th for those readers out there on the other side of Hadrian's wall), a straight** White man, he's an American! It's about damn time. Without checking anything, that also increases the chances of his not being a Communist. We'd better check though - we got the internet, so ...
That this new guy, Robert Francis Prevost, didn't pick Pope Francis II as his alias, seeing as he could have used his middle name - easier to remember, if nothing else - is a good sign to start with. OTOH his last name comes pretty close to "Prevert", which is how many of us like to pronounce "pervert", so not so great a start there. OK, fine, let's go to the wiki page.
Robert Prevost was born in 1955 in Chicago and lived his childhood in Chicagoland (Chicagoans' term for Greater Chicago), specifically Dolton, Ill. That town might ring a bell, if the name of Black! grifter Mayor Tiffany Henyard rings a bell. That business happened much later than then-Mr. Prevost's time in "the far south side of Chicago", per wiki. You'd think he might have a clue on racial reality, but we'll see. I won't bring up every detail of the man's schooling, mostly divinity schools of various sorts and lots of it. He decided to be, or started becoming, I should say, a Priest at age 22. At age 30, he went down to Peru to the Augustinian mission for a year or so, and then came back in '88 and stayed through '99.
Peru, huh? That's worrisome, but then, I remember first hearing of the Shining Path Communists down there from a Peruvian friend from that very time. I wouldn't think this guy would be too enamored with Commies after the "antics" of the Shining Path, but, again, who knows. (He didn't join up, at least...)
However, Father Prevost does have a THING about Peru, and it can't all be about Machu Picchu, olde turtles, and llamas. He was down there again for 11 years starting in '14 as Bishop of Chiclayo. I seriously first thought that was a typo on the wiki page, but that's a place, and he became titular bishop. (No, that's not ... we'll get to the harassment business...) By THING, I mean that Prevost obtained citizenship of Peru, in 2015. What exactly is up with that?
I am not the type to believe all the #MeToo women's nonsense, and I give the Catholic Priests some leeway too. Lots of people lie. From wiki:
Alleged victims of abuse from two priests, dating back to 2007, said that Prevost failed to open an investigation in 2022. According to the Diocese of Chiclayo, Prevost met with the young women in ...Ohhhh! Women, whyn't ya' say so? Seriously, I've been dinged myself for not making mountains out of molehills, Prevost was not the alleged perpetrator, and I don't know what they mean by "young" here. So, I'll leave that without further comment. Plus, it was Peru. If no donkeys were involved ...
There's plenty more to learn, and I'm sure Ann Barndardt will and will tell us what she has. I'll read there later. In the meantime, ZeroHedge, in American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost Announced As New Popehas some more info including some of his recent anti-Social media statements. I went through it. It's not pretty, especially his re-tweets and original tweets on the US Immigration Invasion. The same old short-term sob stories appear, with no regard to the long-term sob story of the sad demographic future. Well, they got THEIR walls, so, and there's no great rush of people into Peru...
... which seems to be Robert Prevost's, aka, Pope Leo XIV's, country. I take it he's a dual citizen. He was down there for 1/3 of his life and more than 1/2 of his adult life. I've got a feeling we've got another Liberation Theologist on our hands, maybe not a complete 1970's style Commie, but not an American Conservative theologian either. I should say, YOU'VE got another Liberation Theologist on YOUR hands. I wash my hands of this guy. You got it, Catholics. Good luck with Uncle Leo and all that!
This time around it sounds like the question is not "Is the Pope Catholic?" It might be "Is the Pope a Commie?", but the real question is, "Is the Pope an American?" Is he an American from Chicago or an "American" from Chiclayo?
* Jackson someone... anyone? Jackson Browne from... anyone, anyone coke-something, anyone?
** Actually, we don't know this for sure. I'll have to listen to him talk first thing.
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Moderator
Friday - May 9th 2025 8:54AM MST
PS: Ooops, I wonder what multi-colored smoke would *mean*, I meant.
Will have to listen to "Peruvian Skies" later, BoyD - bad spot here to play music. Thanks.
Will have to listen to "Peruvian Skies" later, BoyD - bad spot here to play music. Thanks.
Moderator
Friday - May 9th 2025 5:04AM MST
PS: Or multi-colored smoke from a bunch of those old smoke bombs one could get from the fireworks store - I wonder what that'd me, Adam.
Yep, BoyD, I think the US should do away with dual citizenship. Pick a side. I'll check our your video.
Yes, great song, SafeNow, from Billy Joel's prime songwriting days.
Yep, BoyD, I think the US should do away with dual citizenship. Pick a side. I'll check our your video.
Yes, great song, SafeNow, from Billy Joel's prime songwriting days.
SafeNow
Friday - May 9th 2025 4:31AM MST
PS
Come out, Virginia, don't let me wait
You Catholic girls start much too late
Aw, but sooner or later it comes down to fate
I might as well will be the one
- Opening lyrics of Billy Joelโs โ Only the Good Die Young.โ
A very catchy tune, and a lot of important wisdom in the lyrics, back in the day.
Billyโs philosophy about the new Pope might be that he might as well be the one.
Come out, Virginia, don't let me wait
You Catholic girls start much too late
Aw, but sooner or later it comes down to fate
I might as well will be the one
- Opening lyrics of Billy Joelโs โ Only the Good Die Young.โ
A very catchy tune, and a lot of important wisdom in the lyrics, back in the day.
Billyโs philosophy about the new Pope might be that he might as well be the one.
Bring Out Your Dead
Thursday - May 8th 2025 9:53PM MST
PS: He's a Peruvian/U.S. dual national...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqK4NFFcWdI
Just sayin'... โฎ๏ธ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqK4NFFcWdI
Just sayin'... โฎ๏ธ
Adam Smith
Thursday - May 8th 2025 8:35PM MST
PS: OMG! New Pope!
White Smoke = White pope.
Black Smoke = ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ค! pope!
(Or something like that?) โฎ๏ธ
White Smoke = White pope.
Black Smoke = ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ค! pope!
(Or something like that?) โฎ๏ธ
Meh, just a continuation of the Anti-Papacy. The Holy See remains vacant.
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