Pope Francis has died

I will never forget his sympathy for the motives of the terrorists who massacred staff at Charlie Hebdo:

“If my good friend Dr Gasparri says a curse word against my mother, he can expect a punch,” Francis said while pretending to throw a punch in his direction.

He added: “It’s normal. You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others.”[0]

[0] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/charlie-hebd...

That’s reprehensible, but also refreshingly open-minded. It shows an awareness that other religions deserve an equal footing to his own. I prefer this over the nuts who decry Sharia law while wanting to implement a Christian equivalent.

Did not expect to read on HN that thinking it is good to kill people for a caricature is "refreshingly open-minded"

Do I need to put “that’s reprehensible” in bigger letters or something?

No you just need to stop there (or better find more drastic tone, but ok) and not make it sound ok, heck be a good thing afterwards.

Dude was leader of a massive organization that claims to be a divine instrument and the only path to salvation. Acknowledging another religion as anything other than heresy is a step up.

So if the terrorist of charlie hebdo would have just tortured the journalists there for a few hours and maybe cut of their fingers that would also be a "step up" or "refreshingly open-minded"?

Dude I can not believe how it can be anything but horrible to make acts of terrorism and killing of innocent anything but the worst humans can do.