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Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff who ministered with a charming, humble style, dies at 88

apnews.com Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff who ministered with a charming, humble style, dies at 88

Pope Francis was history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change.

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I'm atheist but I'm still quite sad he died, seemed like the most progressive pope to me, rip
- 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
  
  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?
  
  In addition, he was also transphobic and opposed to bodily self-determination as well nya: https://apnews.com/article/vatican-gender-surrogacy-abortion-pope-3f84d8eb97f045b0cfb0ec1efa4e614e
  
  This is the only truth. Fuck him. I'm glad he's dead.
- Agreed. While not the ideal pope, he was much better than Benedict the 16th.
- 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).
  
  You mean when he said that Ukraine should have the courage to surrender to Russia?
  
  What's the H for in LHBTQ?
  
  Oh you must have missed when he used the F-word (in italian)
- Yeah but that's not a high bar. Hopefully his successor is even more so.
  
  They are just pr guy, it doesn't matter how progressive they pretend to be.

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