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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pope-could-it-be-american-cardinal-robert-prevost/
Yeah, my hot take here is that the church wanted an American pope to be able to clap back at Trump, and try to sway some of his religious supporters.
Trump 2 changed the calculus