Pope Leo XIV - classic or dud

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Dud. Just gonna get out in front of that

lol not XIIV what even is XIIV

Eleventy-four

pouring one out for pizzaballa

Chicago Pope

pouring rolling one out for pizzaballa

Looks nothing like Jude Law

Chicago style pizzaballa

#LeoXCX #POPE Summer

Wild that the pope grew up in Chicago's south suburbs. Like there is a good chance that the pope has eaten at Calumet Fisheries.

thank god -- was getting tired of friends practicing their cute Latin with "habemus papum" or whatever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT-xCu6SR5k

Revised 'The Pope Smokes Dope' T-shirts in 5... 4... 3...

daaaaaaaaa pope

https://i.imgflip.com/9tb5kt.jpg

Wait is he a fan of the 2024’s team in baseball, the Chicago White Sox?

How long until Trump invites the new pope to the White House just to shout at him in a press conference?

xpost You'll know if they win the World Series this year.

Pope is young enough to post on ilx, which recently missing elder statesman is Bob

He’s a poster!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GqcZJJAWEAAyzc0?format=jpg&name=medium

Wait is he a fan of the 2024’s team in baseball, the Chicago White Sox?

He must be, he wears their colors a lot

Right now I'm sure "The Bear" is scrambling for a cameo.

Play it, Leo!

could've sworn American Pope was an Updike novel c. 1983

Southside popin’

could've sworn American Pope was an Updike novel c. 1983

― i got bao-yu babe (Noodle Vague), Thursday, May 8, 2025

George C. Scott played him iirc

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

The new Pope didn't tweet once in 2024. In 2025, he's posted 5 times, in which he:

- Criticized JD Vance's views on Catholicism and Jesus
- Posted an article opposing Trump's immigration policies
- Retweeted twice about the Pope's health
- Retweeted a criticism of Trump & Bukele's laughter at KAG.

https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3looh2t6zhc2e

"Chicago Pope" is like a 1994 SNL sketch. Airs at 12:20am, the only gag is that Chris Farley has a mustache and is doing a big accent. David Spade and the guest host (Joe Mantegna) keep breaking during it.

omg good call re Joe Mantegna

Michaelianblackthepopeiscoming.mpg

So this guy seems good? Like pretty much the best outcome?

Jack Lemmon was unavailable.

But Alfred they had this guy right here:

https://www.indiewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2ad5a6bc5c59cee8c39985fe75ad4ba5c67b9c2c537ec86a0d7e2bf14af088ce084b5c5071f1bf6eb699639e6fe4bc45.jpg

Jude Law after a couple lunch cocktails

So this guy seems good? Like pretty much the best outcome?

It's said he was quite close to Francis, and he doesn't seem to like Vance, so I guess this is the best we can hope for

chicago pope ayy italian beef amirite?

Is the Chicago Pope baconing

This NYT article from last week (gift link) has someone calling him a "dignified middle of the road."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/world/americas/pope-candidate-cardinal-robert-francis-prevost.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Fk8.uTSj.UpqpRcA8rLAz&smid=url-share

Apparently "middle of the road" = he's done some rhetorical gay-bashing in the past and been accused of papering over sex-abuse cases. But he was close to Francis and clearly shares at least some of his foundational views, so it's not some hard right turn.

https://i.imgur.com/WOBRh8v.jpeg

he's done some rhetorical gay-bashing in the past and been accused of papering over sex-abuse cases

Dud.

I mean, that pretty much is a pre-req for the job right?

Unfortunately the Pope saw his shadow upon emerging, so that means 600 more years of Catholicism

"Chicago Pope" is like a 1994 SNL sketch. Airs at 12:20am, the only gag is that Chris Farley has a mustache and is doing a big accent. David Spade and the guest host (Joe Mantegna) keep breaking during it.

― triste et cassé (gyac), Thursday, 8 May 2025 18:50 (thirty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Jim Belushi as the pope was the first thing I thought of after hearing the news

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/tJsAAOSwkipi0yty/s-l1200.jpg

way to get paid off by the US lobby, lads

Wild that the pope grew up in Chicago's south suburbs. Like there is a good chance that the pope has eaten at Calumet Fisheries.

― jaymc, Thursday, May 8, 2025 12:25 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

Important question, is Calumet Fisheries better than Lawrence's Fisheries?

Because I've only been to the latter but I'm curious what the papal opinion is on this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifl8mCM2SZ8

just occurred to me that there's a non-zero chance that we actually get Jim-Belushi-as-the-new-Pope on this weekend's snl - maybe they'll get Dan Aykroyd on as well to do Blues Brothers based Pope skit ... so many terrible possibilities

"Chicago Pope" is like a 1994 SNL sketch.

da pope

if you build it, they will come

when I was doing my training and preparation for the sacrament of First Confirmation (of my gradually becoming very online), nobody explained the "epic bacon" meme to me!

Baconing might actually be ilx-specific jargon? Well done us if so, it's a very useful term. Has caught on in my friend group.

I've never heard of it either.

not enough time on ilx video

Fangraphs has been killing it this week on a number of topics and their piece about the Pope is no different:

The pope of my youth, John Paul II, was a serene, austere cleric from a faraway land, who’d faced off against dictators and survived assassins. Leo XIV has lived his life as a guy named Bob from Illinois, who taught high school for a while and did missionary work in Peru. He went to Villanova, and retweeted a post about Kris Jenkins’ buzzer beater to win the national championship in 2016. I know people like this, and now one of them is one of the most revered and influential people on the planet.

On September 27, the White Sox lost their 121st game of the season, losing to the Tigers, surpassing the 1962 Mets for the most losses in modern MLB history.

On the one hand, Cracovia had more wins and more points in fewer games after the pope’s death than before. But on the other hand, Cracovia’s goal differential was worse; four of those seven wins came by a single goal. If anything, that suggests more favorable bounces of the ball after the death of John Paul II than before. Perhaps, once relieved of the considerable burdens of leading the Church, John Paul II’s spirit was free to intercede in the fortunes of his favorite soccer team.

JPII famously had been a goalkeeper too.

... like Camus and Julio Iglesias.

"Bacon" as ILX slang originated on the 77 thread "hay guys ZOMBIES and MUSTACHES and BACON right hahahahahahahah," which was started in 2012.

Because of those three things in the thread title, I sometimes think of "bacon" as things that appeal to a certain set of nerd-bro types who are into Reddit or (back then) The Chive. But it need not be restricted to that particular subculture.

Daniel's definition is pretty good. There's also sort of a "jump the shark" aspect to it: Baconing happens when so many people think they're being cool or clever by being into a particular thing that it starts to become cringe. Once that thing makes it onto t-shirts and greeting cards, it's bacon.

to wit:

https://i.etsystatic.com/8102465/r/il/f137ff/6527670742/il_794xN.6527670742_34zg.jpg

A blast from the past, when the future pope took a stab at sketch comedy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7s16ewP1RU

"Baconing" has spread to Tumblr, my daughter's domain of choice. She's mildly impressed about the number of memes and tropes this site has sent out into the world.

the internet is dying

― mark s, Tuesday, 13 May 2025 09:43 (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

if proof be need be

https://external-preview.redd.it/pope-leo-asks-fan-sox-or-cubs-as-he-signs-a-baseball-v0-BdWqNXiRGb-he09X_zaTVv4Qtw8GrSHKZDZkhMK8tMg.jpeg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=3b8c84be7125cb29c6d0a151beb11a9ed273b78a

“White Sox or Cubs?”

Those were the first words out of Pope Leo XIV’s mouth when he greeted Jason Perash in a receiving line at the Vatican’s Paul VI Audience Hall Monday morning.

“Uh, Sox,” answered Perash, a 46-year-old attorney and sometimes freelance journalist who presented the new pontiff with a Rawlings Official Major League Baseball and asked him to sign it.

Apparently Perash is actually an Orioles fan

Lying to the Pope? Oof, he's in trouble come Judgement Day.

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:g44t6rw2lleyudaiv5kvjoqk/bafkreiegtff63nkxt65aclnmaqh6hmblfm2kdouvyannbqklrixvxgfxke@jpeg

he's in trouble come Judgement Day.

I'm judging him already. It's venial. But mainly it's kind of stupid. what did he think the pope would do if he told the truth?

maybe he interpreted the question as either/or and he went with the Sox bc he's an American League fan

thanks for the Menards sign picture!

imo if someone gives you a equation like “white sox or cubs?” and you’re a fan of the orioles you’re fine. they’re not asking for your favorite team, just which of those two you like better. you have to be a real sports weirdo to be like “I hate all teams other than this specific one”

If some pope or other asked me "lakers or clippers?" I'd be no true-blue fan if I didn't say "blazers all the way, your holiness -- beat! L! A!"

john menard can suck a big fat one

The backlash begins

Pope Leo XIV denied my Facebook friend request pic.twitter.com/eS2u3yPg5p

— Blake R. Weiner (@BlakeWeiner) May 9, 2025

NBC News

i guess that answers the question "is the pope catholic"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP-L7cFiIeg

The Pope has definitely booed someone on a failed pickoff attempt

The Pope likes middlebrow Oscar winners

On Tuesday, Variety posted a video of Pope Leo sharing his four favorite movies of all time: Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946), starring Jimmy Stewart; Robert Wise’s “The Sound of Music” (1965), starring Julie Andrews; Robert Redford’s “Ordinary People” (1980), starring Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore; and Roberto Benigni’s “Life Is Beautiful” (1997).

If he considers Ordinary People a better film than Raging Bull, then Eric H and I will lobby for his canonization.

He likes movies about Nazis and suicide

Debbie Does Dallas was removed from the list after negotiations with the Curia.

FWIW, Dennis Lim just posted an invitation he received to meet with the Pope.

Leo's got the AI bros mad at him, so that's a positive sign.

https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/tech-billionaire-mocks-pope-leos

Surprised he didn’t have ‘The Blues Brothers’ on his list. https://bsky.app/profile/crobertcargill.bsky.social/post/3m5hzqhpn7c2p

https://www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2F89492d0f-2f51-45ee-99c6-5cdf83c974bb.jpg

saw that photo on bluesky without realizing that it actually *was* a blues brothers costume.

https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/pope-leo-childhood-chicago-gwf5ql56m

https://x.com/ClubConcrave/status/1989681199271358470

^ that's Pope Leo getting a NY Knicks jersey from Spike Lee that says POPE LEO during last week's Vatican event honoring film makers. (I guess we don't do X links anymore, or this is CloudFlare related)

God is a DJ. As said on Bluesky:

He said "Amen" straight into the drop

Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible

https://www.tiktok.com/@edmbaddies/video/7573912995722464526

Okay he's officially my favorite pope ever now

And of course, this adds a whole new meaning to the Amen Break

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrZAtp157KI

First Pope in history to hold a baseball bat inside an airplane pic.twitter.com/vgc7O9NH8c

— cassie 🇻🇦 (@CatholicCassie) November 28, 2025

... was someone else sitting in his seat?

What do we think about the encyclical? A careful position that will stand the test of time, or a easy sellout to the Effective Altruism billionaires?

what little I've seen - it seems pretty inoffensive to me

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In the interest of being a good professor, if you want to read the pertinent sections of Magnifica Humanitas on slavery, the "apology" and the implications for AI, skip to sections 172-181 of the Encyclical.

I will also give him points for literally quoting Gandalf

Not a big fan of the Catholic Church, but I am gladdened to hear a voice with global reach talking about human dignity rather than threatening or whitewashing genocide.

Pope Leo says he's all for peace, but did he join the Board of Peace when he had the chance? nope!

checkmate, losers