'What is wrong with you?' Conservative blasted as he calls new pope 'offensive' Cajun name

Writer Rod Dreher, Louisiana native and editor-at-large with The American Conservative, felt the heat on social media after calling the new pope by a controversial Cajun name that some consider offensive.

The post came after a report in The New York Times described Pope Leo XIV's roots as "Black Cajun" from New Orleans.

Dreher posted to his 120,000 followers on X Friday, "With a name like 'Prevost' and New Orleans roots, I thought the new pope might be a coona--. Turns out his mama...