Social media floods with Chicago memes, USA jokes after election of Pope Leo XIV

The newly elected Pope Leo XIV comes from Chicago. His compatriots joke: From now on, other courts will be served in the Vatican.

Funniest internet reactions to first American pope Leo XIV

From deep dish pizza to 'The Bear', with also mentions of Trump's tariffs, the internet wasted no time in welcoming the new pope with a solid dose of tomfoolery.

The memes and jokes that want the new Pope to be the personas of common life, especially Roman, are crazy.

Why am I internet-stalking the pope?

The moment the white smoke appeared above the Sistine Chapel, I immediately turned on my television, because I wanted to see who the new pope would be, and then hopped on social media, because I knew that the internet could tell me more about the new pope faster than television could. That, and the memes would be good. The memes came first, naturally, flying in harder and faster than they ever did with Pope Francis, because the new pope was Amer…

Social media users welcome the Chicago-born new pope

He may lead Vatican City now, but the internet is obsessed that he’s from the Windy City

Chicago’s own Pope Leo XIV is already drowning in deep-dish memes

White smoke at the Vatican can only signal one thing: A new pope has been elected. But online? A flurry of memes are roasting the traditions of the pope’s Midwestern roots. Just hours after the conclave concluded, electing Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Provost as pontiff (who will now go by the name Pope Leo XIV), users all over social media are taking part in stereotype-laden antics, associating the pope with deep-dish pizza, sports, and…