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Pope Francis has died

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916 points phillipharris | 1 comments | 21 Apr 25 08:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.262s | source
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hliyan ◴[21 Apr 25 08:29 UTC] No.43749565[source]▶
I wonder whether we will have another Jesuit Pope. Jesuits are supposed to be generally very education focused, more progressive (especially w.r.t science) and stand less on ceremony. I know nothing about how the College of Cardinals work, but if they're anything like other political voting bodies, one of two outcomes are possible: a swing to the Right (and toward tradition), recognizing the current balance of power in the world, or a swing even further Left of Francis, again recognizing the current trend but as a counterweight.
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grandempire ◴[21 Apr 25 09:14 UTC] No.43749843[source]▶
> especially w.r.t science

I would like to know more. My impression is that most Christian institutions have long ago disentangled from scientific debate - providing interpretative value rather than alternative science. This is part of a larger trend to focus their scope and mission in modern life. Have the last few popes made comments on scientific issues?

(The exception is evangelical Americans.)

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1. Spooky23 ◴[21 Apr 25 11:43 UTC] No.43750806[source]▶
Catholics don’t generally adopt the anti-science stuff. Their dogma around life has some walls around some areas of medicine.

I know several priests who are scientists or teachers/professors.

Evangelicals have a simpler dogma where the individual minister or church has more sway (hence the joke about the man on a desert island with a hut, a church, and a church he doesn’t go to). It’s a more populist form of worship, which has ups and downs.