Habemus Papam!
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May he gloriously reign.
So far everyone (except for the far fringes of traditionalism, and they're never satisfied) seems to be happy with him.
So far everyone (except for the far fringes of traditionalism, and they're never satisfied) seems to be happy with him.
It was not very long ago, perhaps a few weeks, that it was thought that being American disqualified you from the papacy.
No, technically that would not be the case. But the idea that an American would be elected by the Cardinals was just too far out there to be considered.
Anyone else thrilled to hear English coming from the pope?
No, technically that would not be the case. But the idea that an American would be elected by the Cardinals was just too far out there to be considered.
Anyone else thrilled to hear English coming from the pope?
I was pleased. Even though John Paul II and Benedict XVI spoke serviceable, if accented, English, it's very strange, in a good way, to hear a Pope speaking, not with a dulcet, sonorous, Oxonian English accent, but the common accent (with maybe just a small Spanish trace, he lived in Peru for many years) of a man on the street in Chicago.
I saw a picture of the little bungalow (since blurred out on Google Street View) where he grew up in suburban Chicago, and it was very humble indeed. He will definitely "get" the United States in a way that no other pontiff ever has (though Pius XII had visited Manhattan and even had a dirty-water hot dog from a street vendor).
Being a native speaker of English, I suspect a lot of misunderstanding in America will be gone.
I have often suspected some of the misunderstanding between the American people and Pope Francis was due to mistranslations.
We can finally have a Pope that understands what Americans are and not what Hollywood or the media portrays Americans as.