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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: 0.207s | source
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lazzurs ◴[21 Apr 25 11:48 UTC] No.43750843[source]▶
A man has died, that is sad.

Under his watch he did not move the church to fully acknowledge or deal with the historical and widespread abuses the organization he led was involved with. He had opportunity to be the leader to bring the organization around and he did not. Let's all hope his replacement will.

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1. gandalfgreybeer ◴[21 Apr 25 13:14 UTC] No.43751665[source]▶
I don’t think anyone who would be ready to completely do a 180 with the Catholic Church will be the pope soon (or ever, given how the system works). He has, however, nudged that ship in the right direction and with what he has done and with his appointees. Let’s just hope it continues with whoever replaces him.