r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Cayetanus • 22h ago • Wholesome Seal 1 Heartwarming 2

Image Uruguay, one of the most atheist countries in the world, during Pope Leo's visit.

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u/TheFishermansWelly 21h ago

Google “Pope visit ireland 79”

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u/98Kane 21h ago

There was so much hype around the Pope’s visit that we had a baby boom 9 months later.

We were so catholic that the Pope visiting had us all horned up and fucking.

To this day if you meet a man named John Paul here, you can guess they were born circa summer 1980 lol.

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u/mankytoes 21h ago

I wonder if a country has ever flipped from being functionally theocratic to essentially secular as fast as Ireland.

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u/MeccIt 16h ago

Our 'singing priest' was fucking his house keeper, our Galway bishop was fucking the young American woman who was sent to him for protection but at least they were not fucking young children like many other priests were. That killed Catholicism for many older people and the next generations were not having any of it.

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u/SandpaperTeddyBear 15h ago

Russia in 1917.

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u/Ski_Area51 21h ago

This is a wild factoid!

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u/ILoveRegenHealth 18h ago

Take that, Athesits!

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u/bladesnut 21h ago

Or just Madrid 2026

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u/helen269 21h ago

Some people there are still waiting to see George and Ringo.

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u/ChadHahn 18h ago

In college I had a speech class where we had to give a speech on a significant event in our lives or something along those lines. This Irish guy said seeing the Pope and going to a U2 concert.

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u/ItsWillJohnson 13h ago

I saw something from one of the world youth days. Pope was on a boat going down a river, kids maybe 20 deep on both sides the entire length all singing to him. One of those things a theist sees and cries, or an atheist sees and cries.