Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff who ministered with a charming, humble style, dies at 88 (apnews.com)
from skhayfa@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 21 Apr 08:41
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Dagnet@lemmy.world on 21 Apr 12:21 collapse

I’m atheist but I’m still quite sad he died, seemed like the most progressive pope to me, rip

univers3man@lemmy.world on 21 Apr 13:21 next collapse

Agreed. While not the ideal pope, he was much better than Benedict the 16th.

Cpo@lemm.ee on 21 Apr 14:22 next collapse

Yes he was.

I am not religious at all, but I have seen some quite human responses from him on matters like LHBTQ, ukraine, Gaza and such.

Also: I am quite anxious to see who will succeed him (hoping for a progressive one obviously).

kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 21 Apr 19:52 next collapse

Oh you must have missed when he used the F-word (in italian)

Cpo@lemm.ee on 22 Apr 10:59 collapse

Just human, i’d say 😉

kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 22 Apr 11:57 collapse

Homophobic intolerant is the correct wording 😘

rogermiraki@lemm.ee on 21 Apr 20:40 collapse

You mean when he said that Ukraine should have the courage to surrender to Russia?

Cpo@lemm.ee on 22 Apr 06:04 collapse

Yeah okay, that was less fortunate 😅

catloaf@lemm.ee on 21 Apr 15:14 next collapse

Yeah but that’s not a high bar. Hopefully his successor is even more so.

slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org on 22 Apr 10:24 collapse

They are just pr guy, it doesn’t matter how progressive they pretend to be.

Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works on 22 Apr 11:35 collapse

Well it does if they promote other progressive people to higher positions in the organization.

But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world on 21 Apr 16:41 collapse

I can’t believe the church’s PR pope actually fooled an atheist. None of his talk was real. Homophobia continues rampant through the church, he himself continued to shield and hide pedo priests from authorities, refused to meet with victims. He was a right wing, homophonic bigot before becoming pope, you think he changed at age 80?

He was all smoke and mirrors, nothing actually changed, all he did was put the golden throne in storage, not donate it to charity

white_nrdy@programming.dev on 21 Apr 17:59 next collapse

Iconic lines from Cartman in South Park (S14E3)

Billy: Do you wanna do it?

Cartman: Do I wanna do it? Does the pope help pedophiles get away with their crime?

Billy: Is that something you would want to do?

Cartman: Is that something I would want to do? Is the pope Catholic…and making the world safe for pedophiles?

Billy: You wouldn’t do that.

Cartman: Does a bear crap in the woods? And does the pope crap on the broken lives and dreams of 200 deaf boys?

kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 21 Apr 19:53 collapse

Thank you, Cartman.

kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 21 Apr 19:54 next collapse

This is the only truth. Fuck him. I’m glad he’s dead.

sapient_cogbag@infosec.pub on 22 Apr 09:44 collapse

In addition, he was also transphobic and opposed to bodily self-determination as well nya: apnews.com/…/vatican-gender-surrogacy-abortion-po…