But “American” is what people from the USA are usually called.

The United States is the only country in the world that does not have a gentile for itself. They call themselves citizens of the continent that they share with other countries, seeming to appropriate the entire continent.

first Yankee* Pope.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pope-could-it-be-american-cardinal-robert-prevost/

Robert Barron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona–Rochester in Minnesota, was appointed less than a week ago by President Trump to the new White House Commission on Religious Liberty. This week, however, he was at the Vatican with hundreds of other prelates as the cardinal electors gather for the conclave to choose a new pontiff.

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"Cardinal George of Chicago, of happy memory, was one of my great mentors, and he said: 'Look, until America goes into political decline, there won't be an American pope.' And his point was, if America is kind of running the world politically, culturally, economically, they don't want America running the world religiously. So, I think there's some truth to that, that we're such a superpower and so dominant, they don't wanna give us, also, control over the church."

Bro, we can send Vance to meet this guy.

That’s a job requirement with the Catholic Church.

Find a cardinal that hasn't

In March, SNAP sent a letter to Vatican leadership detailing the conduct of Prevost in two separate incidents of priest sexual abuse, demanding an investigation ahead of the looming Conclave. The letter details accusations of "inaction" during his time both as an Augustinian provincial in the U.S. and as Bishop of Chiclayo in Peru, where Prevost served from 2014 to 2023. The letter alleged that Prevost allowed known sex abusers to remain in ministry, and failed to investigate serious claims brought by victims, including three Peruvian minor girls who said their reports were ignored and mishandled. It also details the case of Fr. James Ray, a priest accused of sexual abuse in Waukegan and Wauconda who Prevost allowed to live at St. John Stone Friary in Hyde Park, a half block from St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic School.

Still better than the other US candidate

https://abcnews.go.com/US/exclusive-leaked-transcript-shows-ny-churchs-attempt-block/story?id=75229253

Eh, he'd find a way of boasting and taking credit for it whoever the new pope was.

Trump wanted to be so The pope so bad that he was posting pictures of himself as Pope.
If anything I think he will be pissed that an American was chosen and it wasn't him.
I give it a few hours before he's posting that the papal election was rigged

In line with Francis on migrants and the poor. He thinks social elements like position on LGBT issues should be set at the regional level and align with local cultural acceptance.

In other words, slightly progressive from a Catholic leadership standpoint, but conservative when compared against Western Europe.

More progressive overall but he has a history of making anti-gay statements.

Do we know on which side he’s on?

Yes he's part of a homophobic, misogynist and authoritarian cult

I lost $2 when he picked "Leo" instead of "Bootylicious"....