I'm one of those who never quite understood the "Irish-American", "German-American" and so on and so forth that Americans so frequently use to designate themselves even when they are third or fourth generation Americans. To me, they're Americans. To me, the Pope is Argentinian with an Italian heritage. I'm German since that is where I was born and is my native language even though I have an American passport, am an American citizen and speak English/American far more fluently than I do German.
So, no this Pope is no more Italian than the previous Pope was. Guess we'll have to start tossing that phrase out the window.
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Army/embassy brat - traveled too much to mention
Moved here from SF Bay Area (East Bay)
"There are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle; the other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein
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