When HyperallergicThe Resident Adult Catholic Convert, I am obliged to give you my insight into the papal conclave that unfolds in front of our eyes through screens large and small.
That’s right, you read that correctly. I was baptized, received communion and was confirmed in the Catholic Church in the course of a single day at the ripe age of 22. This fact gives me as much authority about faith as my adult counterpart, JD Vance, that is, none. At least the internet does not think I killed the pope.
My adult baptism can be seen as a meme, one of the many that we have seen in the past two days through Netizens, and say that this can be a cardinal sin (meaning of pun). However, I have learned a few things about the conclave while studying for my fast -fire adult baptism under a priest with ties with the Vatican. I have not learned anything from Conclave (2024) But, because it closed me to sleep on a transcontinental flight with red eyes.
By observing the actions of the late Pope Francis, I was able to lead my understanding of the enormous political spectrum along which Catholic theologians exist, even under the papal supremation, a position of power, which, according to the church, was transferred by Jesus by the Apostle Saint Peter.
Pope Franciscus welcomed some of the left-wing, anti-capitalist shoots of the church, including personal meeting with the Peruvian priest Gustavo Gutiérrez, founder of the theological movement in the belief that is known as liberation theology, who argued for the church to play an active role in the estimation of the extracting of the extracting of the extracting of the extinguishing.
Francis’s relatively warmer welcome from the liberation theologian was in stark contrast to his conservative predecessor, Pope Benedict, who investigated the left -wing Dominican brother and also the left -wing theology. Francis also took a clear moral position against the Israeli bombing of Gaza, welcomed Trans women in the church, and explained homosexuality Was not a crime (but that it was a sin).
Back to the memes. A lot more conservative Pope could arise from this fed -up conclave than the person we have – whether it is religious or secular – known more than a decade. A more hardline conservative papal victory can reflect a growing trend of conservative leadership in Western democracies and a powerful voice of abnormal crowd, as Francis was often.
Some memes edges crazy and stupid, such as the X -post from New York City Park of a Cardinal Bird with the caption ‘Conclave’. Others compare the conclave with the NFL design and SurvivorWho reminds me of the entertainment glasses of power transfers in the past year. The graceful cardinal and papal clothing remind us of the fascination of the media for the inauguration outfit of Melania Trump.
As in the United States elections, internet users draw parallels between the papal selection event and other milestones of film and popular culture, not only Conclave but also 500 days of the summer (2009). In November, after the last election results, the internet called on Mean girls (2004) To describe Pennsylvania, which waved red.
Today, May 7, some spotted the New York Times’s Live blog reporting of the conclave, including an update of two sentences stating that two seagulls were on the roof. Pope Crave, the X-account, apparently has access to the Vatican and offers live coverage on site.
This memes deal with a potentially frightening transfer of power and reflect a growing spot of authority.
