<![CDATA["Two months into his papacy last year, the pontiff called his bank in Chicago to change his phone number and address, McCarthy said.]]>"Two months into his papacy last year, the pontiff called his bank in Chicago to change his phone number and address, McCarthy said.

After Leo, who was born Robert Prevost, answered a series of security questions, the customer service representative offered him a seemingly straightforward solution.

'Oh, I'm sorry, sir. It says here you have to come in person,' the woman said, per McCarthy.

'Would it matter to you if I told you I'm Pope Leo?' he said.

That didn't work, either.

'She hung up on him,' McCarthy said. 'Could you imagine being known as the woman who hung up on the Pope?'"

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/05/06/pope-leo-bank-customer-service-chicago/89960592007/

(h/t @LeslieBurns)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/4f6e1462-7ab1-4636-b7fc-167ff7d441a0/two-months-into-his-papacy-last-year-the-pontiff-called-his-bank-in-chicago-to-change-his-phone-number-and-address-mccarthy-said.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 08:27:00 GMTWed, 06 May 2026 19:40:46 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to "Two months into his papacy last year, the pontiff called his bank in Chicago to change his phone number and address, McCarthy said. on Wed, 06 May 2026 20:04:43 GMT]]>@jalefkowit @LeslieBurns i think this is also happened with the lombards in the 13th century

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://posts.rat.pictures/users/hannah/statuses/116529422913161980https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://posts.rat.pictures/users/hannah/statuses/116529422913161980Wed, 06 May 2026 20:04:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Two months into his papacy last year, the pontiff called his bank in Chicago to change his phone number and address, McCarthy said. on Wed, 06 May 2026 19:58:30 GMT]]>@jalefkowit Threading the delicate line between everyone knows you, and if you're on the phone it's obvious fraud.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://vmst.io/users/jalefkowit/statuses/116529390141138773https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://vmst.io/users/jalefkowit/statuses/116529390141138773Wed, 06 May 2026 19:56:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Two months into his papacy last year, the pontiff called his bank in Chicago to change his phone number and address, McCarthy said. on Wed, 06 May 2026 19:45:21 GMT]]>@jalefkowit straight to hell

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