Kirk: It Is Not My Fault That Your Father Likes Me Better Than He Likes You!

No pope yet but there will be another chapter tonight 🙏🙏

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65218507

"Sargon was enormously advanced, Captain. I shall... consider it."

some facts about robert prevost (leo xiv) that i think are important to know:

while he was born in chicago, he has spent the vast majority of his life outside of america. he went to rome at a young age, then spent most of his priesthood in peru

pope leo xiii was well known for his interest in social justice -- the fact that prevost chose this name may show that he also nurses an interest

he was one of pope francis' closest advisors

he's described as being balanced in terms of his outlook, but has progressive views on some specific issues, including migrants and poverty

he is relatively young -- we will probably have pope leo xiv for a long time

quote from CBS article: "While Prevost is seen overall as a centrist, on some key social issues he's viewed as progressive. He has long embraced marginalized groups, a lot like Francis, who championed migrants and the poor."

another quote: "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." -Robert Barron, bishop of a diocese in Minnesota

so while it does leave a bad taste in the mouth to have an american pope at this time, he is definitely not the kind of pope trump will like, nor will the conservative base. while he probably won't catapult the church into a lot of uncharted territory, he does look as if he will at the very least continue and support the work francis laid the groundwork for

additional information:

apparently he is involved in sexual assault coverups -- not fantastic, but to be honest the entire catholic church is so incredibly guilty of this it's not surprising

robert prevost has tweeted five times since joining twitter. one of those tweets was telling jd vance he does not understand love

words of affirmation i repeat on the daily

madonna and child // the lamb of god

art parallels Letters to Milena | Franz Kafka On The Seashore | Hanuš Knöchel Lovers | Pál Szinyei Merse Spending More Time, The Warmth of The Sun | Ron Hicks Returning Home | Alex Venezia Vampire | Edvard Munch

Multiple hours until the next vote which means !!! Another conclave rewatch 🙏🙏

book benitez, staring into nothing while getting elected pope: what the fuck is wrong with all of these people. i specifically requested all my votes go to lomelli how did this happen. oh god i have to think of a name now fuck fuck fuck

movie benitez, staring into nothing while getting elected pope: i shouldve just died from that car bomb in kabul

Exchanging a glance.

The Omega Glory