You may not be Catholic, you may not be Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, have Faith at-all, .... but Pope Francis tried very hard to bring Folks together ... while the World burned around him, stoked by the likes of Trump, Vance and Putin, NATO and all the rest of the warmongers.
He compared the danger of "gender ideology" to nuclear weapons... which is a very terf-like talking point. He labelled homosexuality a lifestyle choice. He hid priests accused of child abuse and dodged questions of personal accountability in several cases. Nah, we don't need that kind of ally.
I'm with Owen on this one. I'm not religious, but he seemed like a decent enough guy. And he did not stay silent about the genocide in Gaza. Pretty much the only criticism of Israel you could see on Rai here in Italy are because the Pope spoke about it and they couldn't silence him.
I like this young man’s message! I don’t want to see his voice “cancelled”. He needs to speak up, to speak out, and be heard over the noise of the “established” press! Bless him, bless the Pope, and all those that speak truth for those without a voice! FREE PALESTINE!🇵🇸 RESIST 🇮🇱
Pope Francis did and stood up for a lot of causes in his 90 years on the planet. To whiddle all of that down to one cause actually erases his legacy. His life's legacy was fighting poverty. That is what got him the job. We should be talking about people villianizing him actually.
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except for trump. he doesn't give a fuck. and that's what makes him especially dangerous.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/22/tragedy-child-sexual-abuse-scandal-cast-long-shadow-over-pope-franciss-papacy
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68528217
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/04/22/pope-francis-three-years-of-missteps-and-errors-in-judgment-on-the-war-in-ukraine_6740523_4.html
The US Cardinal is a real piece of work.
yes it’s corrupt greedy bigoted
to name just a few ,
but you’re letting it eat you up .