It’s weird having a yankee Pope, but he seems to have spent a lot of his time in Latin America and chose to speak in Spanish…so there is that.

I’ve also seen a lot of talk that suggest his taking the name Leo signifies his desire to highlight Catholic Social Teaching as it pertains to capitalism and the problems of our modern world such as his predecessor and most recent namesake did.

I’ve also seen a lot of MAGA people losing their mind and Steve Bannon in an interview saying he’d be a dark horse pick but potentially one of the worst because woke (lol).

Personally, I hope he continues the focus on God’s mercy Francis’s papacy had and continues the Church down the synodal path he set it on.
I hope he continues to advocate for the Palestinian people.
And a bit more selfishly, I hope he doesn’t reverse Francis’s position on the blessing of same sex couples and trans people being allowed to be God parents and baptized.

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏