The first American Pope

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I’m calling it now

The first American pope will be from the diocese of Lincoln
 
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Not necessarily.

Just, when there’s an American Pope, he’ll be from Lincoln, IMO
 
First we would need a bishop there to be named a Cardinal. That’s definitely not happening during this papacy, but maybe sometime in the future.
 
Or a priest from Lincoln to be ordained a Bishop for another diocese and then made a Cardinal
 
If you mean priests ordained in Lincoln, that is perhaps more likely. I still think a good ways in the future, but possible.
 
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I thought already have a American pope in Pius XIII ? 😉
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You’re referencing The Young Pope, right? That would be really interesting if the next Pope was from America and took the name Pius.
 
A strong, orthodox diocese producing wayyy more priests per capita than nearly anywhere else in the us
 
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Interesting, but not sure that is what makes a good enough reason. :confused:
 
More priests means most likely more bishops and then more cardinals and hopefully a Pope imo
 
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Hmmm…🤔
Still don’t think it would work that way. No pope would be picked because they hit a high score in priests. It is based on the individual.
 
I didnt mean to say otherwise.

But just looking at it from a law of averages point of view, it makes sense to me
 
Lincoln is a Diocese. The Archdiocese is in Omaha. Beyond that, I don’t agree with you; that brand of conservatism doesn’t seem to play well throughout the U.S. much less the rest of the world.
 
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there has had already been expressed a lot of bias in the college of cardinals against ever appointing a Pope from the USA

it will take centuries to overcome this

just like we had only italian popes for 1,500 years 😦
 
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