A photo of Pope Leo XIV has been unearthed online, which immediately drove people to all sorts of reactions upon seeing what the 69-year-old looked like in his 20s.
He’s been subject to internet attention
Pope Leo XIV who became head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State in May of this year, has been the topic of conversation in many internet circles since his papacy began.
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He’s the first American pope
You might remember everyone talking about how Pope Leo is the first ever American pope.
The Chicago man’s name is Robert Francis Prevost, and he studied theology in the early ‘80s at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.
A picture of his came to light on social media
A photo of the Pope from theology school came to light on social media from when he was 24 or 25 years old in 1980, and it’s now going viral.
The post has since been viewed 10.3M times!
People had all sorts of reactions to the picture
A lot of people pointed out the mustache, which they were rather impressed by. One person said, “You gotta rock the Leo stash.”
Another wrote, “Love the Holy Father’s stash.” And a third said, “That’s a respectable mustache, Father.”
Others said he looked like a TV character
Many people under the photo felt he looked like the character Pablo Escobar from the Netflix drama series Narcos, with many posting pictures and GIFs of the character under the photo.
“That’s Pope Pablo,” one person wrote, while another joked, “*cue narcos theme song.”
Some people marveled at how ‘regular’ he looked
Some people couldn’t help but notice how ‘regular’ the Pope looked, wondering if he ever knew at that age that he would become the Pope.
“Hard to believe. Regular guy,” wrote one person.
The Pope is just like many of us
“A very simple human not knowing what the future holds,” one person reflected.
Another jokingly said, “Like us all, even a future Pope didn’t look good in these ID photographs. Lol.”