Finally, Pope Bob from the U.S.

Pope Leo XIV. (Creative Commons photo, source).

Discordians and RAW fans are I presume enjoying the accession of "Pope Bob" from the U.S.

The new pope, Leo XIV, was born in Chicago as Robert Francis Prevost and was known as "Bob" to his friends, according to the Wikipedia bio. He is a fan of the Chicago White Sox baseball team (early reports that he is a Cubs fan turned out to be wrong). 

Chicago of course was at the time of the writing of Illuminatus! the home of my two favorite Discordian popes, Bob Shea and Bob Wilson.

I was hoping the new pope would take the name "Pope George Ringo," but I guess you can't have everything.

More celebrity Discordian news: If you missed it, my 2016 post about the "proof" Hillary Clinton is a Discordian. 

We have standards here at this blog -- we only cover celebrity news if it has a Discordian connection. Don't look here for the latest amusing "Bill Belichick girlfriend news."