First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo XIV

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Post by saikatsg » Thu, May 08, 2025, 4:30 PM UTC

First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo XIV
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Post by xeromal » Thu, May 08, 2025, 4:37 PM UTC

I'm not a catholic but I decided to watch the new Conclave movie as well as a Tasting History by Max Miller to learn a little bit about it. Very interesting but I'd love a historical movie on some of the past conclaves when the pope managed a standing army.

Edit: The Max Miller video was about the baby back ribs cooked in proto-bbq sauce made from grapes that was eaten by a conclave.

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Post by diego_moita » Thu, May 08, 2025, 4:43 PM UTC

The correct title should be "Habemus Papam".

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Post by antognini » Thu, May 08, 2025, 4:44 PM UTC

The field of candidates in this conclave was relatively open compared to the past few conclaves, so it is a little surprising that the cardinals were able to come to a consensus by the fourth ballot. That suggests that one of the initial front runners (likely Parolin or Tagle) was able to generate momentum early on and get the 2/3 majority pretty quickly. But we'll see in about 30 minutes if the cardinals have surprised us all with someone completely different!

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Post by prox » Thu, May 08, 2025, 4:47 PM UTC

xeromal wrote: post #2

I'm not a catholic but I decided to watch the new Conclave movie as well as a Tasting History by Max Miller to learn a little bit about it. Very interesting but I'd love a historical movie on some of the past conclaves when the pope managed a standing army. Edit: The Max Miller video was about the baby back ribs cooked in proto-bbq sauce made from grapes that was eaten by a conclave.

The movie “two popes” is pretty good, which some strong acting performance. (Not really historical since that was about a decade ago)

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Post by rpmisms » Thu, May 08, 2025, 4:58 PM UTC

antognini wrote: post #4

The field of candidates in this conclave was relatively open compared to the past few conclaves, so it is a little surprising that the cardinals were able to come to a consensus by the fourth ballot. That suggests that one of the initial front runners (likely Parolin or Tagle) was able to generate momentum early on and get the 2/3 majority pretty quickly. But we'll see in about 30 minutes if the cardinals have surpri…

I'm rooting for Sarah, but Tagle seems pretty decent.

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Post by chuckreynolds » Thu, May 08, 2025, 5:00 PM UTC

Theo Vonn walks onto balcony.... lol

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Post by kurthr » Thu, May 08, 2025, 5:01 PM UTC

diego_moita wrote: post #3

The correct title should be "Habemus Papam".

"Habemus Papam, iter faciet"

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Post by blensor » Thu, May 08, 2025, 5:02 PM UTC

I wonder if there is any other event in recent history that is communicated as quickly to as many people as the fact that a new pope has been elected.

I was out on the streets when the church bells started ringing here in Vienna as must have all around the globe where there are catholic churches

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Post by zdragnar » Thu, May 08, 2025, 5:06 PM UTC

antognini wrote: post #4

The field of candidates in this conclave was relatively open compared to the past few conclaves, so it is a little surprising that the cardinals were able to come to a consensus by the fourth ballot. That suggests that one of the initial front runners (likely Parolin or Tagle) was able to generate momentum early on and get the 2/3 majority pretty quickly. But we'll see in about 30 minutes if the cardinals have surpri…

Given the number of cardinals Pope Francis appointed, I would imagine there's a fairly strong consensus at least on the direction of the church, which in theory would eliminate a strongly divided conclave, at least.