To those from the USA, what can you say of the first American Pope?

At the same time, people in other parts of the Americas generally do not call themselves Americans. They call themselves whatever they are. For example, Pope Francis would not have called himself and American. He'd have called himself a Porteño. Chileans call themselves Chileans. Mexicans call themselves Mexicans. Columbians call themselves Columbians and so on so forth. Not that I am disagreeing with anything you are saying on a technical level. But when they say, "The first American Pope," they are quite literally referring to the first Pope who is from the United States, and I think everyone understands what is meant by this. But, for some odd reason, it's become an argument.

@porwest In Italy they wrote "This is the second Pope from America"... correct as they refer to the American continent. We refer to us as "Italians", but as a matter of fact we are Europeans because this continent is Europe.

@LadyDuck People can use the term any way they want, of course, and I take no issue with it. But this IS a bit of a semantic argument because it is clear that however you classify the new Pope, he is the first Pope from the United States, and thus, since citizens of the United States call themselves Americans, and the world recognizes us as Americans, not "People from the U.S.," or as Looeyville put it, "United Statesians," really the argument that this ISN'T the first American (from the United States) and somehow making that less significant in the broader argument seems... Rather weird to me. lol I mean, to me, in the context of things Pope Francis was not the first American Pope. He was a Pope from Buenos Aires. And again it's CLEAR what is meant by the first "American" Pope considering Leo is, infact, from the United States, and that's the only meaning of the word "American" in his case. it can mean no other thing than "United States American." In THAT context he is, in fact, the first American Pope. End of story. I am not sure what the point is to argue this isn't the case here, nor what is meant by "the first American." Like I said, it's just weird to me. lol

@porwest, very well said

@AmbiePam, Pope Leo X1V pledged to follow the footsteps of the late Pope Francis. He's voted by the Cardinals with the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

@FourWalls wow, the White Sox won, they celebrated double winnings. The people in Chicago feel the proudest.

@RasmaSabdra, yeah let's wait and see but hopefully Pope Leo X1V can do his tasks well with God and people who love him.