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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: 0.478s | source
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mentalgear ◴[21 Apr 25 09:33 UTC] No.43749960[source]▶
Francis stood for values over positions and ranks, which was a real revolution.

I sincerely hope the new pope will be as human, humble and pushing for renewal as Francis.

I think that after such a pope, people won't be satisfied with just another symbolic figure with empty gestures, hard conservative views and no real substance.

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aubanel ◴[21 Apr 25 09:43 UTC] No.43750027[source]▶
Are you pointing to another pope with "another symbolic figure with empty gestures"? Would be clearer to name him then! Having read a bit of the previous pope Benedict XVI I liked a lot what he did/wrote
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1. code_for_monkey ◴[21 Apr 25 11:13 UTC] No.43750587[source]▶
what about Benedict did you like?
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2. aubanel ◴[21 Apr 25 22:58 UTC] No.43757425[source]▶
If only one thing it's his series of books Jesus of Nazareth: the only theology book I've ever read, it clarified so much about the Scriptures, and was written from the point of view of a world-class scholar, much more scientific than I would have thought, taking into account the views of other scholars, Jew, Protestant or atheists alike, as long as they had interesting ideas.