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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: 0.233s | source
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matteoraso ◴[21 Apr 25 16:06 UTC] No.43753518[source]▶
RIP. I think history will find Pope Francis to be a man who was a fairly average pope that constantly got taken out of context. Nothing he did was really far out of line with Catholic doctrine, but he was often portrayed as being more liberal than he really was.
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bonzini ◴[21 Apr 25 19:19 UTC] No.43755460[source]▶
> Nothing he did was really far out of line with Catholic doctrine

Maybe he was merely good at pointing out the obvious, maybe it's what the church needed/needs?

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1. matteoraso ◴[21 Apr 25 22:32 UTC] No.43757233[source]▶
Yeah, I can see that. Having a pope that's denounced by more conservative Catholics for truly believing in Catholic ethics shone a light on how far people were straying from the church. Really makes the pope look a bit like a Christ figure, when you think of it like that.