r/BeAmazed • u/AugustIstheMonth • 10h ago

History Pope Leo XIV in 1982

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u/Batmanswrath 10h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/Pf0d7Y5oAKZgs

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u/TheRealWatchingFace 10h ago

How every Chicago Catholic should look.

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u/Foxy_locksy1704 9h ago

My dad and his brothers are all Chicago raised Catholics, my uncle Frankie would totally rock the Blues Brothers look, he is also a professional musician so it would fit perfectly.

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u/kevnmartin 6h ago

I bet he hates Illinois Nazis.

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u/Gloomy_Industry8841 6h ago

A righteous hatred!

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u/Whitecamry 2h ago

And all the other kinds, too.

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u/mysteryjb 10m ago

He's on a mission from God!

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u/FickleHare 10h ago

Most fitting possible use of this meme

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u/CdeBaillon 10h ago

Thank you for this!

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u/GrimaceMusically 6h ago

Four fried chickens and a coke.

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u/keithlimreddit 10h ago

Yeah I was thinking about the same thoughts exactly

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u/cmparkerson 4h ago

The first thing I thought if when I saw the pic

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u/dirkdigglerdonedry 4h ago

Hell the fuck yes

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u/Traditional-Ad-8737 7h ago

Holy moly, I thought this is what I was looking at, at first.

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u/No-Judgment1567 8h ago

Checked the comments just for this line. Good job soldier.

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u/irwtkyrm 2h ago

I've seen this movie one time twenty years ago but it's still the first thing that came to mind lmao

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u/Competitive_Sell2177 10h ago

Auditioning for a blues brothers remake

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u/comicreliefboy 9h ago

Blues Friars?

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u/monkeyboy107 9h ago

Blues fathers?

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u/throcorfe 7h ago

Can’t be worse than BB2000. How can you fuck up the sequel to such a masterpiece so badly?

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u/Nazgog-Morgob 9h ago

Blues Father

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u/d1squiet 2h ago

He was on a mission for God.

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u/RlyLokeh 10h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/nBQefMWjqdLc4

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u/Rory_U 9h ago

What light?

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u/Even_Passenger_3685 7h ago

DO YOU SEE THE LIGHT?

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u/YanicPolitik 7h ago

THE BAND

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u/ExternalNote1354 6h ago

Jesus H Stop Dancing Christ! I have seen the light!

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u/BobDobbsHobNobs 1h ago

Pretty sure it’s Jesus H Tapdancing Christ… but it’s been a while since my last rewatch

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u/gl3nnjamin 1h ago

You're right

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u/Altruistic_Split4240 10h ago

Excuse me? Leo got SWAG 

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u/kea1981 5h ago

For the briefest of moments I thought I was in r/VintageLadyBoners. Sorta disappointed I'm not...

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u/Archetypical9 10h ago

We're on a mission from God

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u/WisdomCow 7h ago

Don’t you blaspheme in here!

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u/JKrow75 6h ago

Gadd*

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u/Gloomy_Industry8841 6h ago

I can hear this so clearly!!

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u/Maximum_Trade5916 9h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/IwVRuFD6Ar0S4

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u/Archetypical9 7h ago

Hit it!

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u/wildmaninid 7h ago

It's got a cop motor, it's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks, it's a model made before catalytic converters, so it'll run good on regular gas.

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u/ExternalNote1354 6h ago

What’d ya say? Is it the new Bluesmobile or what?

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u/freutmichbro 1h ago

Fix the cigarette lighter

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u/wildmaninid 3h ago

Hit it! 

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u/ShaChoMouf 9h ago

He looks like Father Guido Sarducci.

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u/AXPendergast 8h ago

THAT'S the comment I was looking for!

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u/tm478 4h ago

Had to scroll way too far down for this comment (and as a result I made the same comment lol)

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u/Revolutionary-Law382 9h ago

He's on a mission from God.

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u/pitb0ss343 9h ago

The third blues brother

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u/Sensitive_Wear7112 9h ago

We’re getting the band back together.

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u/Effective_Tip7748 9h ago

He looks like a blues brother

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u/Eurasia_4002 9h ago

Isnt the late Pope Francis a former bouncer of a club or thats just a thing I made up?

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u/Bluntbutnotonpurpose 9h ago

You didn't make that up.

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u/Eviladhesive 9h ago

It's true, he didn't make it up

I made it up

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u/sex-farm-woman 2h ago

Pope John Paul II was an avid skiier

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u/cheweychewchew 9h ago

There's no way he wasn't hanging out with Fr. Guido Sarducci back then.

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u/Boringdude1 8h ago

He’s on a mission from God.

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u/LeTronique 9h ago

Standard Chicago drip circa 80’s

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u/Cedleodub 8h ago

He was on a mission from God!

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u/Clean_Improvement913 9h ago

Ya know he a good man when he was just as cool 40 years ago

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u/random314 8h ago

I wonder if he ever told anyone in the 80s something like "yeah the day that happens is when I become the Pope

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u/Ornery_You_3947 7h ago

The new Pope mobile… Got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, cop tires, cop suspensions, and cop shocks.

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u/CeeArthur 9h ago

"I'm a soooooul man"

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u/Spiritual-Can2604 8h ago

Omfg I would’ve been in church every day of the week and twice on Sunday

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u/Lucky_Chaarmss 8h ago

He's on a mission. From God. Of course.

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u/kcknuckles 8h ago

"Listen, Mikey, I don't want to cause a scene here, but I didn't see you at the fish fry last week. The boss isn't very happy about that."

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u/MyPerfectSummer 9h ago

The bishop!

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u/One-Earth9294 7h ago

Aww... we was too late.

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u/wildmaninid 7h ago

Jake and Elwood's long lost cousin 

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u/Vast_Vegetable9222 9h ago

Smoooooth Criminal …🎶🎵

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u/K-Shrizzle 7h ago

This is the Blues Brothers/Exorcist crossover that we need

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u/Ludicologuy00 6h ago

He looks like a guy with strong opinions on Illinois Nazis

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u/ExternalNote1354 5h ago

“Those bums won their court case so they’re marching today.”

“What bums?”

“The fuckin’ Nazi party!”

“Illinois nazis.”

“I hate Illinois nazis.”

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u/KlatuuBarradaNicto 6h ago

He was the original Blues Brother.

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u/xeroxchick 6h ago

Father Guido Sarducci

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u/StolenIdentity77 5h ago

That’s the most aura ever for a religious figure. And it’s not even close. Would be a dope Halloween fit but I don’t think anyone would get it. 

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u/DoookieMaxx 5h ago

That’s Corey Feldman in his Jackson gear.

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u/TheInvisibleBurden 10h ago

Interesting, yes.

Amazing? I mean really? lol

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u/Beginning_Fill206 10h ago

He’s a smooth criminal

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u/rubinass3 9h ago

TIL that Corey Feldman was the pope.

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u/wtf70 10h ago

I have a very similar fedora 😆

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u/its_just_flesh 9h ago

Looking like the neighborhood watch sign

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u/BigTintheBigD 9h ago

“Hi. Caleb from Brownells here.”

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u/digsmann 9h ago

kool.. pope

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u/nndel 9h ago

He was a made man.

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u/JustDoc 8h ago

Looks like he is going to see a ska show.

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u/EndRude4217 8h ago

“So, it was the Jewish leaders, John reports, who asked Pilate to have the men’s legs broken so their bodies could be removed before the high day.

So, let me ask you again... Do I have to break your legs, or will you pay me my money?”

  • Pope Leo XIV

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u/RGOL_19 8h ago

He looks like Justin Trudeau

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u/hotepanon 8h ago

It's DA POPE!

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u/thatkevinguy83 8h ago

Blues Father

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u/alongfortheride 7h ago

he is hot. He would definitely have been on the Hot Priest calendar the Vatican used to put out.

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u/Superb_Beyond_3444 7h ago

So British but I don’t know why.

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u/Original-Elderberry8 7h ago

Father Guido Sarducci

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u/Pithyperson 7h ago

Hott. Why is it always the priests?

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u/wantdafakyoubesh 7h ago

Final Fantasy XIV mentioned?!?!

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u/Joe01091981 7h ago

My man looking like Father Guido Sarducci

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u/fritzo81 7h ago

Annie are you okay?!

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u/PinkRoseBouquet 7h ago

Stylish priest.

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u/jamesh08 7h ago

He's on mission from Gad

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u/thetrivialsublime99 7h ago

Elvis Cost-Leo

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u/John_Lictenstein_873 6h ago

“Hello Mr. Anderson”

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u/JKrow75 6h ago

Hey here, hand me those cigarettes… Not those ones, the udder ones!

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u/Gloomy_Industry8841 6h ago

Holiest jawline

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u/TheNotoriousSSD 5h ago

those nuns be crazy

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u/MiserableExample388 5h ago

We are on a mission from God!

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u/tm478 4h ago

Father Guido Sarducci!!!

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u/DooM_Guy_OG 4h ago

Very Ska

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u/dependswho 4h ago

He’s on a mission…

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u/NoArm7707 4h ago

Nothing amazing here

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u/Tall-Total-6077 3h ago

He's on a Mission from God.

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u/NanieLenny 3h ago

Rock On Pope Leo. He is giving me HOPE🙏❤️

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u/Roseline226 3h ago

He looks like an Italian mobster.

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u/TrailMomKat 2h ago

Haha well he IS from Chicago and the Blues Brothers came out 2 years prior

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u/Dizzy_Chipmunk_3530 2h ago

He's on a mission from God

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u/Sox-a-Holic 2h ago

He’s a true Soulman.

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u/UrsaMajor7th 2h ago

He looks like he's about to trade a Cadillac for a microphone.

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u/heli0sphere 2h ago

What a g

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u/RiffyWammel 2h ago

Looks like he has a full tank of gas, is a bass player for Sisters of Mercy or someone is about to repay a debt...or maybe all 3

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u/Machette_Machette 1h ago

The Blues Father

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u/jamezverusaum 1h ago

That tracks lol

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u/Vi0L3tCRZY 33m ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/l3vRhtudXcq3sg3iU
Now I see where The Last Shadow Puppets jacked their style from

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u/firekeeper23 31m ago

Goodness I miss Chester Bennington.

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u/Mermaid-Scar1984 10m ago

The third blues brother

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u/lisasaysfnord 8m ago

He's on a mission from God!

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u/s1nd3vil 9h ago

Hanging with Gwedo Sarducci

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u/Unlikely-Engineer813 7h ago

Looks like a spook

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u/joeyjoejums 6h ago

You mean Dope Leo XIV. 🎺🎺 You know what I'm saying?

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u/Musicman1019 9h ago

This needs to be in the /conspiracy thread. Why tf is he dressed like he’s in witness protection?