There is a new Pope in town, as everyone likely knows by now. Pope Leo XIV is the 267th Pope of the Catholic Church. Something else many have likely heard by now is that this is the first Pope who was born and raised in the United States of America. In fact, he was born in Chicago, Illinois, it doesn't get much more American than that. Anytime anything big happens in the world, there is a natural next step, and that is the creation of memes.

It comes as no surprise that upon the announcement of this new Pope and the discovery that he is a true American man, millions of memes were being made. People have a lot to say when news like this comes out, and this event is not lacking in the meme department at all.

Luckily, we have collected a number of these memes and compiled them into one place so that everyone can experience how the world is feeling about this new, all-American Pope. There are a lot of emotions and a ton of jokes going around. This is the sum of those feelings.