I don’t support the Church, but Pope Francis was a rare Pope of the people: humble, compassionate, trying to make a brutal institution kinder. He wasn’t enough, but he was something. That still matters. He’ll be missed. I fear what comes next - especially with the Right gaining ground globally.

Reposted from The Associated Press

Pope Francis, the Catholic Church’s first Latin American pontiff, has died. He was 88.

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