The pope has died

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https://news.sky.com/story/pope-francis-has-died-the-vatican-says-12890455 just that really. Will they do the conclave now? Or in a few days as it’s Easter?

May he rest in peace. Notable for me how many times people I met or know who are not Catholic said about how good a person they felt he was.

He lived by his own principles, eschewed the grandeur wherever possible.

That’s set to continue after his death, he changed the rules to allow him to be buried outside of the Vatican with as little pomp as possible in a simple wooden coffin, saying he was a shepherd and a disciple of Christ, not a powerful figure.

I’m not catholic, I admired Pope Francis. A good man.

Agree

If anyone still hasn’t seen Conclave, this would be a good time to watch it. It’s an excellent film with great performances by Ralph Feinnes & Stanley Tucci.

Saddened by his death as he seemed to be a decent person

He was incredibly powerful, but chose to protect child abusers. He was complicit in the abuse of children on an unprecedented scale. Good riddance.

They all seem to have a high tolerance to child abusers.

@Emoleno - thank you! I was wondering if this thread was about an entirely different man!

There's always one dickhead.

How horrible that one of his last encounters was with that smug charlatan JD Vance.

RIP Pope Francis. I’m atheist but he seemed like a good man.

I had this exact thought.

I’m an atheist but my kids go to catholic school and some of my close friends are catholic. He seemed to make a lot of positive change to the Catholic Church, or at least be trying to nudge it in the right direction (use of condoms to prevent aids for example) so I’m sad to hear he has passed away. I hope he rests in peace.

Presume you mean him for heading up an organisation rife with child abuse?

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam

He was a voice for the vulnerable and oppressed with compassion and courage. We need his voice more than ever now.

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

I bet he really wanted to make that Easter Sunday greeting

rip

Charley had best cancel the state visit. Politicians are bad for your health.

Can extend from physically throwing out to generally not agreeing with something or someone

I’m sad he has died - as Popes go, he was one of the better ones. The church has lots of issues (child abuse being, of course, one of them) but I always felt like Francis tried his best to live by his standards and do what he could.

I worry about who will be the next Pope - with the world becoming more divided and full of hate, they need to elect someone more moderate (like Pope Francis was) but there’s a couple of potential front runners who are very conservative and could do some damage. Like it or not, the position of Pope is a position as a world leader with strong influence.

Everything has to be done slowly within big organisations so he made some small improvements - condoms, gay people.
Lets hope however gets the white smoke doesn't drag the church backwards

I was brought up as a Catholic, as a teen I saw Pope John Paul ii when he visited UK.I am no longer a practising Christian , but I am surprisingly moved by the news of The Holy Father's passing.

A Pope from Africa or Asia is a great idea in principle. But Catholics and other Christians in those places are often deeply conservative. I wonder if there is a liberal American cardinal who might be ' papabile'? Vance would love that 😂

I see exactly the opposite perspective. Not "poor" anything.

He knew he was hours from death and he will have wanted to be there with the Faithful, celebrating Easter.

what better way to spend his final hours on this earth.

RIP Pope Francis.

Once a Catholic and all that 😊

Could be an ideal way for the Vatican to avoid a tariff.

Who forced him?