TDS’ Lydic Mocks Right-Wing Media for Criticizing Pope Leo XIV for Not Speaking English: ‘Cue, Peace and Unity in 3, 2, 1...’
EXCERPT:
LYDIC: "But after he picked his pope name, he came out and gave his first speech in both Italian and Spanish about the need for unity and peace on earth. So cue peace and unity in 3... 2... 1..."
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FINNERTY: "I would have loved for the first pope from America to say something in English."
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MURDOCK: "I was a little surprised that a Chicago native did not say a few words in English."
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UNKNOWN: "He spoke in Spanish. He’s an American! And he didn’t even speak in English."
FINNERTY: "He spoke in Latin, Spanish, and Italian. He did not speak — "
UNKNOWN: "He did not speak in English. I mean, I don’t know how you claim that this is an American pope if he won’t even speak in his native tongue. That, to me, was very disturbing."
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