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Pope Francis has died

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916 points phillipharris | 6 comments | 21 Apr 25 08:00 UTC | HN request time: 1.019s | source | bottom
1. lagrange77 ◴[21 Apr 25 08:34 UTC] No.43749591[source]▶
I can imagine that for people of faith there is a lot to be read into the time of death.
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2. dredmorbius ◴[21 Apr 25 09:41 UTC] No.43750005[source]▶
Several ways.
3. mjh2539 ◴[21 Apr 25 14:04 UTC] No.43752151[source]▶
For the superstitious perhaps, but not for those that have the virtue of religion!

https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14339a.htm

4. antognini ◴[21 Apr 25 17:27 UTC] No.43754324[source]▶
The last three popes have all died during the Octave of Easter or Christmas.
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5. dredmorbius ◴[22 Apr 25 22:37 UTC] No.43766949[source]▶
One of the last three popes is not yet dead ;-)
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6. dredmorbius ◴[28 Apr 25 04:38 UTC] No.43817611{3}[source]▶
I stand corrected. Benedict XVI died in December 2022. I'd somehow missed that.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI>