to borrow something biblica,, a thorn in ,,,s side

Caution: eye bleach needed if you go looking for that pix!

My cousin knows him!!!!

was a student at St Rita HS in Chicago and had him as a teacher. Then later, as a businessman and school Booster, he attended many dinners with him. Six degrees of separation. Said he's a quiet spoken man.

I grew up near Chicago and I'm thrilled even though I'm not a practicing catholic anymore.

I'd love to see Turnip get the news about that, if so -- he'll have the first "projectile embolism" in medical history !

or sources could reveal anecdotes describing the close personal relationship between the Obamas and the new Pope.

OMG, my husband went to that school - graduated in 1970.

This Pope is definitely not going to give Trump and Vance a pass.

Catholic either. I like him.

As a fellow Villanova grad (7 years later) and fellow holder of a B.S. in Mathematics from Villanova, I find myself much more excited about this than I expected...

(I can just hear my mom asking me why I didn't accomplish as much with my education as he did...)

Chicago!🕯️🕊️💙🌈🌻🇨🇦🌊😎

I think most people were surprised that the papal election was so quick, not to mention an American who was not a fascistic wingding, was picked.

I found this to be the funniest comment on the internet today:

The last fellas who came from Chicago, were given a rigorous education in Catholicism and then claimed to be on a mission from God? They destroyed a suburban shopping mall, wrecked about 300 police cars and ended up in Joliet penitentiary.

since Pope Hadrian (from actual England) in the 12th century. He arguably caused the whole Anglo-Irish kerfuffle by formally handing over Ireland (my country) to Henry the second.