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Kardamyli2 · 21/04/2025 17:39

Annascaul · 21/04/2025 16:15

Still here, despite it all being so boring? 😆

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As I said Annascaul in the post you got deleted for some reason, I didnt say boring - you made that up.

mrshoho · 21/04/2025 17:33

RIP Pope Francis. He promoted Peace and unity and will be remembered for that.

GinGanGoooooolie · 21/04/2025 17:31

😳@ all the deletions. This thread is largely respectful about a man beloved and respected by billions, whether catholic or not.

Whatever PF’s shortcomings, he did his best in not much longer than a decade in an institution that spans the world that has formed its traditions and practices over 2000 years. He wasn’t going to ‘fix’ it, but he definitely made a difference.

GinGanGoooooolie · 21/04/2025 17:26

I can’t see who mentioned the film of The Two Popes now but I’ve just watched it (on Netflix). It is incredibly moving after today’s sad news. Very well acted and the cinematography excellent. The actual clips of Pope Francis bring something else to the film, I actually preferred it to Conclave, which I loved.

Kardamyli2 · 21/04/2025 16:30

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Annascaul · 21/04/2025 16:15

Kardamyli2 · 21/04/2025 16:10

Maybe take your own advice?

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Still here, despite it all being so boring? 😆

Kardamyli2 · 21/04/2025 16:10

Annascaul · 21/04/2025 16:05

Maybe just don’t waste your time expressing your lack of interest online to people who couldn’t care less what you think?

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Maybe take your own advice?

Cynic17 · 21/04/2025 16:09

lifeonmars100 · 21/04/2025 13:26

i found that cruel and shocking, doutless people will say that was what he wanted but kitting him out in all that regalia and putting him on the balcony seemed dreadful to me. I am not religious and I thought it was horrible

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He was the Pope. He will have chosen to be with the faithful on the most important day of the year - it was his last gift to them. He was doing his duty to them and to God.

AutumnLeaves24 · 21/04/2025 16:08

Annoyeddd · 21/04/2025 09:13

He may have wanted to do this - no one could force him. Met our king, gave JD vance the bums rush and spoke to the devout.
Then went to bed and slipped away.

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When you put it like that, it's probably not too far off the way he would've chosen to go.

I can't believe he's been pope for 12 years, it really doesn't seem that long ago.

RIP x

Annascaul · 21/04/2025 16:05

Kardamyli2 · 21/04/2025 15:49

What a great idea, I'll just ignore all other domestic and international news in case any news reports mention Il Papa.

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Maybe just don’t waste your time expressing your lack of interest online to people who couldn’t care less what you think?

TheSillyCrab · 21/04/2025 16:04

DurhamDurham · 21/04/2025 09:06

When I saw him on the news yesterday I said it was a shame that he’s being wheeled out when he’s clearly not at all well. But maybe he knew his time for short and wanted to come out one last time. Hope he rests in peace, imagine one of the last people you saw was JD Vance.

My thoughts exactly about Vance being one of the last "people" he saw.

Hollyhobbi · 21/04/2025 16:02

mnahmnah · 21/04/2025 09:25

He was a good Pope.

I worry now who the next will be though. Francis’ more liberal ideas upset many within the church so I fear they may go with someone more conservative like Benedict again and take the church backwards.

Yes. My mum was just saying that. And she’s a very devout 82 year old. She was delighted he gave out to Vance as well.

Pickledpeanuts · 21/04/2025 16:02

Kardamyli2 · 21/04/2025 15:49

What a great idea, I'll just ignore all other domestic and international news in case any news reports mention Il Papa.

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You can just choose not to click on the link or article? I don't enjoy football, so whilst I won't ignore all news, I also won't deliberately access articles and threads about the topic.

Kardamyli2 · 21/04/2025 15:49

x2boys · 21/04/2025 15:43

So stay away from the news then
Im no royalist so stayed away from the BBC when the Queen died .

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What a great idea, I'll just ignore all other domestic and international news in case any news reports mention Il Papa.

x2boys · 21/04/2025 15:43

Kardamyli2 · 21/04/2025 13:29

Sad for Catholics I guess. Have to say that as an atheist I've already heard enough Pope/Catholic news today to last me a lifetime.

So stay away from the news then
Im no royalist so stayed away from the BBC when the Queen died .

GinGanGoooooolie · 21/04/2025 15:35

No one would have ‘forced’ Pope Francis to be there yesterday, it would have been important to him to be present on the most important day in the Christian calendar, he would have felt a deep responsibility to be there.

lifeonmars100 · 21/04/2025 15:31

CruCru · 21/04/2025 14:38

Honestly? I think appearing in public when he was dying was probably part of the job of the pope. It’s a role where you keep going until the very end.

I remember JPII dying and being quite taken aback when his body was carried around before his funeral. It will be the same for this pope.

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that is my response and as I said I am not religous. I don't dispute that people of faith and those who know more than I do about the Catholic church will see things from a different perspective.

Judashascomeintosomemoney · 21/04/2025 15:20

StScholastica · 21/04/2025 13:32

I'm Catholic too and think that "woke" is a horrible scathing term.
Do you mean you'd rather he was more judgemental? Would rather he was more hell fire and damnation? rather than peace, love and forgiveness? Just say that then.

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We’ll probably never know, doubt they will come back to explain 🤷‍♀️

gestruggelt · 21/04/2025 15:03

Artisanmom · 21/04/2025 09:58

lol what is the bums rush?! I love this even I though I don’t know what it means 🤣

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It's a polite way of saying that you basically told someone to fuck off.
My dear departed mother used to say it all the time.
"I gave him the bums rush". I would say "I told him to get to fuck and then fuck off some more" or similar

Pickledpeanuts · 21/04/2025 14:46

He looked so unwell yesterday, though it's no surprise he insisted on appearing in public.

It's not at all likely, but hopefully the next Pope is even more progressive.

Annascaul · 21/04/2025 14:40

Kardamyli2 · 21/04/2025 13:29

Sad for Catholics I guess. Have to say that as an atheist I've already heard enough Pope/Catholic news today to last me a lifetime.

So go read something else.

CruCru · 21/04/2025 14:38

lifeonmars100 · 21/04/2025 13:26

i found that cruel and shocking, doutless people will say that was what he wanted but kitting him out in all that regalia and putting him on the balcony seemed dreadful to me. I am not religious and I thought it was horrible

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Honestly? I think appearing in public when he was dying was probably part of the job of the pope. It’s a role where you keep going until the very end.

I remember JPII dying and being quite taken aback when his body was carried around before his funeral. It will be the same for this pope.

Kardamyli2 · 21/04/2025 14:37

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CheshireCat1 · 21/04/2025 14:34

May he rest in peace and rise in glory.

pinkingshears · 21/04/2025 14:33

If we have to have a Papacy, then another Pope like Francis is the way to go.
He seemed a genuinely humble man who broke many previous Papl 'barriers' and had the 'common touch'. He stood up to world leaders and constantly remembered migrants and the oppressed. RIP Francis. You did a good job.