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[Opinions] Re: Pope Leo XIV
My family is going nuts with the news. He’s from my mom’s hometown, he went to a church my mom used to attend before it closed, he graduated from my brother’s college, and he had a degree not unlike my brother’s. Small world much?Leo is an okay name for a pope, though it was surprising that he picked it (I was expecting the name to be something like Paul).——
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My grandmother and him are the same age, and grew up 3 miles apart!
One of my best friends works for the Archdiocese of Chicago, and while she's not met him, apparently she works with MANY who have known him.It's a small world.
Small world indeed! I was saying to my husband "Chicago must be going insane" when we read he was from there.
“Chicago must be going insane” is the understatement of the year right now lolz.
I had to smile when they were interviewing people who knew him and they referred to him as Bob. It just kind of seems endearing, but I shouldn't be surprised; I'm sure he's always going to be Father Bob or Uncle Bob or Cousin Bob to a lot of people.