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Pope Francis has died

(www.reuters.com)
916 points phillipharris | 1 comments | 21 Apr 25 08:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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carlos-menezes ◴[21 Apr 25 08:38 UTC] No.43749613[source]▶
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-04/pope-francis...

> According to Archbishop Diego Ravelli, Master of Apostolic Ceremonies, the late Pope Francis had requested that the funeral rites be simplified and focused on expressing the faith of the Church in the Risen Body of Christ.

Always struck me as a simple man and that likely contributed to people liking him more when compared to his predecessors. RIP.

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jjude ◴[21 Apr 25 08:49 UTC] No.43749684[source]▶
Pope John Paul II was also extremely popular across the world.
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1. angra_mainyu ◴[22 Apr 25 00:13 UTC] No.43757847[source]▶
Exactly, and as a pope far more respectable.

Even non-catholics like me could sympathize with the dismay of so many catholics at many of the positions/blunders of Francis.