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Feel like the Vatican regret letting a more progressive one slip through.

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[–] Guamer@hexbear.net 28 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Pizzaballa

They won't let him in for the name alone

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Sadly, they pick a less awesome name when they become pope

[–] Guamer@hexbear.net 4 points 5 days ago

Oh yeah, forgot that

[–] someone@hexbear.net 11 points 5 days ago

Sadly there's precedent. There was the famous case of the the German-born Cardinal Goestheveezell in being denied candidacy to the papacy in favour of the one who would later be known as John Paul II. Apparently nobody wanted to have to deal with jokes about Pope Goestheveezell.

[–] lil_tank@hexbear.net 7 points 5 days ago

Well he's required to choose a Pope name to be called by so it's not really a problem