Pope Francis has died
Pope Francis has died
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Pope Francis has died, the Vatican says
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He was an alright Pope in the end. Not a soulless bastard like Benedict.
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He even opted out of the traditional, expensive papal funeral and requested to just be laid in state and then buried in a wooden coffin lined with zinc.
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Why zinc?
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It's a fairly common lining for coffins that you're gonna either transport internationally or put in mausoleums. It keeps the body preserved for longer and takes about 100 years to break down.
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I can't not read this as "expensive paypal funeral".
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Well, now it's time to swing to an even Nazier Nazi.
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You joke but there is a genuine possibility that the Vatican might elect someone who is more conservative, if not very so. The Vatican under Francis had been the most progressive it had been in decades. And it ruffled the feathers of many conservative clergies.
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Yep, and there's no way Musk, Trump, and Putin aren't trying to rig that vote. A Papal blessing would go a long way to speeding up their march.
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Oh, it wasn't a joke, I was just saying it in a humorous manner.
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They are priests, they are all the same, no matter the cult or the specific affiliation (Jesuit in this case): https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/pope-paedophile-priests-children-god-vatican-b2336786.html
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According to the article, the context for the flashy headline is that all Catholics are children of God and that all must be treated with compassion, while still acknowledging that pedophiles are monsters.
I will not pretend that Francis's hands are totally clean. He has mistreated abuse cases in the past. Around 2019 he actually started implementing some reforms that have to some extent helped. While I don't think he did enough, he did much more than his predecessors. I highly suspect the next pope will be another Benedict and not another Francis. Consequently, I suspect that the mishandling will get worse.
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