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Pope Francis has died

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916 points phillipharris | 2 comments | 21 Apr 25 08:00 UTC | HN request time: 2.312s | source
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haunter ◴[21 Apr 25 08:11 UTC] No.43749471[source]▶
RIP.

His speech yesterday (he dictated it I guess) was very very political, not on the usual level, felt like a finally "all out" for me.

https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/urbi/do...

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jongjong ◴[21 Apr 25 09:14 UTC] No.43749842[source]▶
Thanks for posting this.

>> Love has triumphed over hatred, light over darkness and truth over falsehood.

This is interesting since I thought he was displeased about recent world events (e.g. Trump's election, shift towards deglobalization, ...).

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gizzlon ◴[21 Apr 25 09:18 UTC] No.43749869[source]▶
It's Easter :)
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1. jongjong ◴[21 Apr 25 09:30 UTC] No.43749936[source]▶
I don't know. Maybe I'm reading too much into it but it sounded like he was referring to something broader, especially given the explicit political references he made later.
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2. jychang ◴[21 Apr 25 09:48 UTC] No.43750059[source]▶
... He's referring to "Christ is risen". That's way more broad (conceptually) and very in-character for the Pope, compared to some transient current events.