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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: 0s | 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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yodsanklai ◴[21 Apr 25 09:35 UTC] No.43749975[source]▶
> .. even as an atheist

lots of christians didn't like him, considering he was too progressive

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1. kergonath ◴[21 Apr 25 11:49 UTC] No.43750851[source]▶
On the other hand, lots of christians liked him because he was progressive (more than his predecessor, anyway). Catholics are not all fundamentalists and in general don’t have much in common with the catholics bishops in the US, who are for the most part downright medieval.