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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: 0.542s | source
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CKMo ◴[21 Apr 25 08:58 UTC] No.43749746[source]▶
I genuinely liked him, even as an atheist. He seemed to be trying his best to make the world a better place and I can't fault him for that.
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1. dredmorbius ◴[21 Apr 25 09:35 UTC] No.43749978[source]▶
A prevalent sentiment.

I'd researched popes' policies and statements toward the poor some years back, and he really had no peer going back centuries.

Partial exception in the late 1900s, under Leo XIII (1878--1903), in the encyclical Rerum novarum.

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2. andrepd ◴[21 Apr 25 10:33 UTC] No.43750304[source]▶
Rerum Novarum was the basis of catholic social teaching since, so...

But yes, one thing is statements another is actions, regarding the latter the Latin Church's actions have often not been in keeping with their lofty writings.