Possibly an upcoming Wordle puzzle will embody the phrase PAPAL. On Thursday, Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was chosen the primary American pope ever, taking the papal title Pope Leo XIV. Though he spent years of his ministry in Peru, he may simply have some issues in widespread along with his fellow People. In keeping with an interview along with his brother John, who lives in Illinois, the brand new pope get pleasure from enjoying the New York Occasions recreation Wordle in addition to the Scrabble-like recreation Phrases With Buddies. And sure, he has seen the 2024 film Conclave, which focuses on a fictional papal election.
NBC Chicago spoke to the brand new pope’s brother, who’s understandably overwhelmed. John Prevost stated he talked to his brother on Tuesday earlier than the conclave began, and requested Robert Prevost, who was then nonetheless a cardinal, if he’d seen the Conclave movie. And certainly he had.
“He had simply completed watching the film Conclave,” John Prevost advised NBC Chicago. “I wished to take his thoughts off of (the precise conclave) and giggle about one thing. As a result of that is now an superior accountability.”
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John Prevost additionally stated his chat along with his brother together with enjoying Wordle and Phrases with Buddies. “And it is a common factor,” he stated.
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Wordle is the New York Occasions’ on-line recreation the place gamers are given six possibilities to guess a five-letter phrase. (CNET posts the solutions to Wordle and different NYT puzzles every day.) Phrases with Buddies is one other phrase recreation, however extra like Scrabble, and permits for back-and-forth play between two mates. Or brothers. Or a soon-to-be pope and his brother.
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A consultant for the New York Occasions did not instantly reply to a request for remark.
The pope’s brother additionally set the Holy Father’s Chicago baseball allegiance straight. Though the Chicago Cubs tried to assert him on social media, his brother confirmed that the pope is from the South Aspect of Chicago and is a White Sox fan.
Nicely, would you take a look at that… Congratulations to Chicago’s personal Pope Leo XIV pic.twitter.com/U5DJ7TOyDr
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) Might 8, 2025
So while you fireplace up your subsequent spherical of Wordle, and puzzle over these double letters, or rack your mind for a method to make use of the yellow letters you simply cannot place, suppose to your self that perhaps the brand new pope is doing the very same factor.
