Robert Prevost is first American pope: Leo XIV

[jgmiller]

8. I think this is a response to the conservatives in the US and Trump

Francis pushed back where he could but American conservative Catholics hated him this is meant tell them they need to deal with how the church has changed. The fact that he was not even close to a front runner and was picked after just a few votes probably means this had been in the works for a while and kept very quiet. It's also a shot at Cardinal Dolan from NY who is Trump's buddy and many conservatives would have liked.