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Pope Francis has died

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lazzurs ◴[] 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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daedrdev ◴[] No.43753245[source]
He is restricted by the system around him, with the internal Vatican politics and overall views of members of the Catholic Church being very relevant here. His replacement may be more conservative as a reaction to the decline of Church membership, or may not be, but I don't think he can be faulted personally for not attempting to set the wrongs of the church right, he clearly wanted to do so.
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1. mvieira38 ◴[] No.43762539[source]
No he isn't. The pope is the absolute king of any matter Vatican related and can charge his priests however he wants