The Pope died this morning

[Anonymous]

I’m not Catholic, I’m a gay Episcopalian but this is still a sad day.
RIP

[Anonymous]

Straight Episcopalian here and I feel the same way. I love that he was a champion of the poor and a ray of light. I hope the next Pope is not a hardliner. May he rest in peace.

[Anonymous]

RIP

[Anonymous]

He was a good man. Peace to all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Straight Episcopalian here and I feel the same way. I love that he was a champion of the poor and a ray of light. I hope the next Pope is not a hardliner. May he rest in peace.

Devout catholic here and I agree with you. The world needed his voice and leadership. To anyone who believes he wasn’t progressive enough, try to understand the confines in which he worked. He was a revolutionary and he will be missed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Straight Episcopalian here and I feel the same way. I love that he was a champion of the poor and a ray of light. I hope the next Pope is not a hardliner. May he rest in peace.

Devout catholic here and I agree with you. The world needed his voice and leadership. To anyone who believes he wasn’t progressive enough, try to understand the confines in which he worked. He was a revolutionary and he will be missed.

+1 a decent man, who displayed humility and compassion toward others. Impressive steps forward under his guidance. Afraid of what comes next.

[Anonymous]

Dies hours after meeting JD Vance. I don’t believe in coincidences.

[Anonymous]

Shocking. He was doing better.

[Anonymous]

I am an atheist/lapsed Unitarian, and this is so sad to hear. He seemed like a genuine and fundamentally good person.

I hear the complaints that he didn’t do enough, but he was working within a strict and complex system, and always seemed to be doing his best to nudge people in the direction of kindness. Change is hard, and I think he was using a gentle, incremental approach to try to keep the pendulum from swinging back and prevent a reactionary backlash. Oddly, I think about the pope sometimes when I am trying to effect cultural changes in my division at work.

Very sad to hear. I hope that he did not suffer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We must pray for his soul, of course. Hopefully we get a traditional and orthodox Pope this time around

I pray that this is not the case.

[Anonymous]

RIP- agree he was moving the Church in a better direction. IMO he was very brave to take on so many long standing bigotries within the Church.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We must pray for his soul, of course. Hopefully we get a traditional and orthodox Pope this time around

I pray that this is not the case.

+1 Right? Heaven forbid we have tolerance and compassion towards others as an ideal. Jesus believed all were equal and loved by God, too bad people like PP don’t follow his example.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We must pray for his soul, of course. Hopefully we get a traditional and orthodox Pope this time around

Yes, his soul needs our prayers.

Hopefully his replacement will be the result of a fair and honest election.

[Anonymous]

So, Vance pulled him from his deathbed for a photo op - what a lowlife. I could not be more disgusted. I hope the pope gave him some wise words before he went on his way. May Francis rest in peace and guide us from heaven.

[Anonymous]

He seems to have been the kindest most beloved pope of my lifetime. May he rest in peace.