The first Latin American pope.
— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) March 13, 2013
Like so many Argentines, Bergoglio is of Italian descent. Not the *biggest* leap beyond Europe the cardinals could have picked.
— Robert Lane Greene (@lanegreene) March 13, 2013
The new guy is the first Jesuit pope. The Jesuits are known as the “nerds of the Church” because they love to read and other nerdly behavior
— Colin Quinn (@iamcolinquinn) March 13, 2013
Bergoglio had been a 33-1 underdog at Paddy Power. oddschecker.com/politics-and-e…
— Nate Silver (@fivethirtyeight) March 13, 2013
For those of us not in the know, what is the implication of the fact that he’s a Jesuit? Intellectual? Liberal?
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) March 13, 2013
Pope Francis once allowed a priest to be tried by civil courts for civil crimes afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5… What will he do about child rape?
— Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp) March 13, 2013
The rumors are that in pre-conclave meetings, Cardinal Bergoglio gave impression that he had energy and will to do house-cleaning.
— Michael B Dougherty (@michaelbd) March 13, 2013
Even the pope’s name suggests a good start: it’s new but not odd, and it’s a small-c catholic choice from a Jesuit, theamericanconservative.com/mccarthy/pope-…
— Daniel McCarthy (@ToryAnarchist) March 13, 2013
Thank you baby Jesus, cuz “Francis” is waaaaay easier than “Bergoglio.” Whew!
— JackieFrancois (@JackieFrancois) March 13, 2013
What does it mean? twitter.com/sparksjls/stat…
— Jason L. Sparks (@sparksjls) March 13, 2013
@fakedansavage Can we start making Bergoglio a term? Bergoglio (n) – an imbroglio, specifically a Vatican sex scandal
— Chris Schleicher (@cschleichsrun) March 13, 2013
A Jesuit, a person who’d rather catch a bus than Limo. Cooks his own meals & took a humble St name. Look fwd to you Pope Francis #Pope
— Can’t Do (@cantdo101) March 13, 2013
Above image from the One Tiny Hand tumblr. More tweets after the jump:
Bergoglio, in 2010, on #ssm: “this is not simply a political struggle, but it is an attempt to destroy God’s plan.” bit.ly/ZIMIWH
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) March 13, 2013
As Cardinal, new Pope Francis I called gay adoption a form of discrimination against children: is.gd/sZ41ic #LGBT #whitesmoke
— John M. Becker (@freedom2marry) March 13, 2013
Bergoglio’s shameful collaboration with the Argentine junta (which led to 2 murders of priests) in English: gu.com/p/2m6b4/tw
— Jacob Remes (@jacremes) March 13, 2013
Wow. RT @weeddude: Fake account of the new Pope (@jmbergoglio) now has over 100,000+ followers.
— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) March 13, 2013
The official @pontifex twitter account has been reactivated, with the message: HABEMUS PAPAM FRANCISCUM
— Bahman Kalbasi (@BahmanKalbasi) March 13, 2013
Nice scoop RT @cnnjustin: Facebook tells CNN that mentions of “Bergoglio” are up 3.7M% since the pope news broke.
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) March 13, 2013
It’s called JOURNALISM bro RT @mikeriggs: All of Twitterdom is C+Ping lines from Bergoglio’s wikipedia page.
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) March 13, 2013
I like him better: The @corriereit reports that, in order to earn $$ for his studies, the young #FrancisI was a bouncer in a pub: divino!
— Daniel Mendelsohn (@DMendelsohn1960) March 13, 2013
Ian Paisley now recruiting a division of his own to supplement the defence of the Falkland Islands against threat from the Bishop of Rome.
— alexmassie (@alexmassie) March 13, 2013
I wish there was a way of instantly knowing how many gays are listening to Evita right now. #amusicalforeverymoment
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) March 13, 2013
The appointment of Pope Francis is a wonderful example of change without change
— Tim Stanley (@timothy_stanley) March 13, 2013
george p bush RT @joshgreenman: The speculation begins: Who will be the next Pope?
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) March 13, 2013
