White smoke on the Vatican can solely sign one factor: A brand new pope has been elected. However on-line? A flurry of memes are roasting the traditions of the pope’s Midwestern roots.
Simply hours after the conclave concluded, electing Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Provost as pontiff (who will now go by the identify Pope Leo XIV), customers throughout social media are participating in stereotype-laden antics, associating the pope with deep-dish pizza, sports activities, and, in fact, Malört.
The r/Chicago Reddit thread is flooding with papacy-related memes. In one post, a picture of a Catholic priest holding the sacramental bread has been edited to show the wafer right into a Chicago-style deep-dish pizza. The submit’s caption reads: “Coming this Sunday to a Vatican close to you.” (By no means thoughts that the majority Chicagoans prefer thin crust.)
One other person made an analogous joke on X, saying “the communion wafers are deep dish now.”
One other X post poked enjoyable at Malört, a self-punishing spirit common amongst Chicago bars, saying: “Can’t await holy water & wine to get replaced by Malört & Outdated Type.”
AI photographs that function the pontiff sporting Chicago Bears merchandise are extensively circulating on social media. In one image posted on Reddit, a person commented: “Chicago produced a pope earlier than a 4000 yd. passer.”
On TikTok, one person posted a skit pretending to be the brand new pope. “I simply bought a name from God, saying that deep-dish pizza is actual pizza,” he stated. A person commented on the video, saying: “Blessed be the kids of God throughout all the world, besides those that dwell in Inexperienced Bay.”
Many customers on X additionally likened the pope to the fictional Chicago-native protagonist of The Bear, that includes clips from the TV present. A post that includes Chef Carmy screaming is captioned: “An American Pope from Chicago. God assist us all.”
Another post, referencing stills from the present’s Season 1 finale, was captioned: “the pope from Chicago receiving a message from god.” The message in query? “I like you dude. Let it rip.”
As memes proceed to flood social media, the web’s response would possibly finest be described by one person on X: “Introduced to my workplace (we dwell in Chicago) in regards to the new pope, and the rapid millennial response was, “Oh, the memes are gonna be wonderful.”
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