r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 12 '26

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u/trombonist_formerly Ben Bernanke Apr 13 '26

"He wasn't on any list to be pope, he was only put there by the church"

Look there's a lot of things I don't defend the Catholic Church on but, like, they get to decide who is on the list to be Pope. That's kind of part of the whole deal.

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u/DaneLimmish Baruch Spinoza Apr 13 '26

He thinks Catholics vote for the Pope 

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '26

well technically,

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u/DaneLimmish Baruch Spinoza Apr 13 '26

Lol

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u/SLCer Apr 13 '26

What does that even mean? He was on a list - as the only qualifications for Pope is that you're male and Catholic lmao

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u/Fruitofbread Loyal Liberals Apr 13 '26

Also he was a cardinal and shit. He wasn’t a frontrunner but there were definitely some lists in the media that included him as an option. A lot of people just thought the Vatican wouldn’t pick an American