I read an interesting account of the new pope being a jazz trombonist, but then in the remarks the author made the suggestion that it was something made up from Chat GPT and the guy was running a "social experiment." If it turns out to be accurate I'll undelete the new thread i originally put up (a Pope who fit into the Mudcat scene!), but in the meantime, lets see what turns up about the interests of the new Pope from Chicago.