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Rhiannon12866

(233,607 posts)
Thu May 8, 2025, 01:15 PM 19 hrs ago

BREAKING: White smoke emerges from the Sistine Chapel chimney as new pope is selected - MSNBC



White smoke was seen billowing from the Sistine Chapel chimney after two days of voting, indicating that a new leader of the Catholic Church has been elected. - 05/08/2025.
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BREAKING: White smoke emerges from the Sistine Chapel chimney as new pope is selected - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 19 hrs ago OP
Is he Catholic? Dennis Donovan 19 hrs ago #1
And he's American! Rhiannon12866 19 hrs ago #2
Only took the US 249 years to finally get our own Pope! Dennis Donovan 19 hrs ago #3
Seems like the RW wack-jobs are furious and call him a Liberal but..... wolfie001 13 hrs ago #4
Interesting. It's only been hours, so I'm sure we'll be hearing more about that Rhiannon12866 13 hrs ago #5
He's def not a fan of tRUMP!!! wolfie001 2 hrs ago #6
His brother said he thinks he'll be much like Pope Francis Rhiannon12866 2 hrs ago #7
That's wonderful!!! wolfie001 1 min ago #8

wolfie001

(4,858 posts)
4. Seems like the RW wack-jobs are furious and call him a Liberal but.....
Thu May 8, 2025, 06:58 PM
13 hrs ago

.....I read some posts saying he's not supportive of LGBTQ and is public about that.

wolfie001

(4,858 posts)
6. He's def not a fan of tRUMP!!!
Fri May 9, 2025, 06:07 AM
2 hrs ago

Woo Hoo!!! I was afraid Meloni was pulling some strings behind-the-scenes. There's been a resurgence of Italian fascism lately. Cheers

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