Nothing about the pope

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[David Harding]

The big headline in the Chicago newspapers asks whether he is a Cubs fan or a White Sox fan.  His brother answered the question, pointing out that since he grew up on the south side he was of course a Sox fan.

[Tcl123]

lol. That's great.

[Trotsky]

Villanova is trash talking every other Catholic university. ::banana::

[Scersk '97]

The big headline in the Chicago newspapers asks whether he is a Cubs fan or a White Sox fan.  His brother answered the question, pointing out that since he grew up on the south side he was of course a Sox fan.

Daaaaaaaaa Pope!

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

And the big news here is SE PA is that he went to Villanova.

[Trotsky]

And the big news here is SE PA is that he went to Villanova.

Wait til they find out he's black.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

And the big news here is SE PA is that he went to Villanova.

Wait til they find out he's black.

Hmm.  Didn't know that.  That's not getting a lot of press.

Am I right in assuming he's the first modern mixed-race pope?  Of course, I have no idea who the popes were in the early church, hence the "modern".

[David Harding]

And the big news here is SE PA is that he went to Villanova.

Wait til they find out he's black.

Hmm.  Didn't know that.  That's not getting a lot of press.

Am I right in assuming he's the first modern mixed-race pope?  Of course, I have no idea who the popes were in the early church, hence the "modern".

Creole roots.  
Here's a story from the AP https://apnews.com/article/pope-leo-creole-roots-new-orleans-black-b5794961d9582941413fe3154b30cc87
And NYT (gifted link) https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/us/pope-creole-roots-new-orleans.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GU8.lyDV.dK25utMwA4M0&smid=url-share

[RichH]

The big headline in the Chicago newspapers asks whether he is a Cubs fan or a White Sox fan.  His brother answered the question, pointing out that since he grew up on the south side he was of course a Sox fan.

Daaaaaaaaa Pope!

Daaaaaaaaa prayerssss. (SNL nailing the self-referential joke last night)

Plus there's footage of New Pope attending the 2005 World Series in Sox garb that's making news.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

And the big news here is SE PA is that he went to Villanova.

Wait til they find out he's black.

Hmm.  Didn't know that.  That's not getting a lot of press.

Am I right in assuming he's the first modern mixed-race pope?  Of course, I have no idea who the popes were in the early church, hence the "modern".

Creole roots.  
Here's a story from the AP https://apnews.com/article/pope-leo-creole-roots-new-orleans-black-b5794961d9582941413fe3154b30cc87
And NYT (gifted link) https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/us/pope-creole-roots-new-orleans.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GU8.lyDV.dK25utMwA4M0&smid=url-share

Also in Wikipedia.

[Trotsky]

Am I right in assuming he's the first modern mixed-race pope?  Of course, I have no idea who the popes were in the early church, hence the "modern".

Race in the sense we mean it is a modern conceit.  Amazingly, nobody gave a shit about skin color except as a curiosity, like eye color.

They cared A LOT about where you born and what language you spoke, though.  

It's almost as if skin color was deliberately crafted as a wedge to keep the Poors from rising up and slaughtering the rich.  Or, far worse, voting for progressive taxation.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Am I right in assuming he's the first modern mixed-race pope?  Of course, I have no idea who the popes were in the early church, hence the "modern".

Race in the sense we mean it is a modern conceit.  Amazingly, nobody gave a shit about skin color except as a curiosity, like eye color.

They cared A LOT about where you born and what language you spoke, though.  

It's almost as if skin color was deliberately crafted as a wedge to keep the Poors from rising up and slaughtering the rich.  Or, far worse, voting for progressive taxation.

Preaching to the choir, dude.

[Trotsky]

Am I right in assuming he's the first modern mixed-race pope?  Of course, I have no idea who the popes were in the early church, hence the "modern".

Race in the sense we mean it is a modern conceit.  Amazingly, nobody gave a shit about skin color except as a curiosity, like eye color.

They cared A LOT about where you born and what language you spoke, though.  

It's almost as if skin color was deliberately crafted as a wedge to keep the Poors from rising up and slaughtering the rich.  Or, far worse, voting for progressive taxation.

Preaching to the choir, dude.

Sigh. Such is my lot.

Ay, prithee, friend, if thou hast love
For goodly jests or care for me,
Then tell him not the merry tale
That yesternight I told to thee.