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BumRushDaShow

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2. Francis has had to deal with people like that
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 01:38 PM
Apr 2025

notably some RW loon Cardinals and Bishops here in the U.S., who he has summarily removed.

But what is more notable about him is that he was the first "non-European born" Pope in centuries. I.e., although his family was of Italian descent, he was born and raised in South America (Argentina) and has been aware of the whole "immigrant" situation, both during his lifetime but due to his immigrant father.

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