The Pope has died [April 21, 2025]

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Deep-dish pizza will be served in the Vatican.
We have a Chicago Pope! (Besides Cecil Adams).

New Pope has been chosen and he is from the US

The papal conclave has finished, and the choice has been made: Cardinal Prevost, the first pope from the United States in history. He says that he has chosen the regnal name Leo XIV. He is right now at the balcony of St. Peter reading his speech (in rather good Italian, I have to say), switching at times to very good Spanish (he spent many years in Peru and has double nationality). This choice has been a bit surprising. The US is the global hegemon (or almost), and some pundits were saying tha…