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[–] rosco385@lemm.ee 49 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I hope he had the chance to tell JD Vance exactly how much of a fuckwit he is before passing.

[–] Schorsch@feddit.org 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well he definitely did have the chance. Let's hope he used it!

[–] maniclucky@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

He did snub Vance, so it's at least implied.

[–] BarrierWithAshes@fedia.io 32 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm gonna miss him. One of the best popes of our generation.

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Low bar but he did blow it away.

[–] Sammy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 month ago

Bar so low we're limbo-dancing in Hell

[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 month ago

That's like saying I just had one of my best shits since my IBS diagnosis.

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Definitely the 'least bad' pope of my lifetime. Let's hope the next one continues the progressive stance he adopted on many aspects of life.

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

None of it was real, it was all PR talk. Go to South America as an openly gay person into a church ABS see how progressive they really are.

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Change takes time and they've been anti-gay for a very, very long time. No sane person thinks a single pope solved all the centuries of repression in 10 years.

What I do know is that the conservative Catholics I personally know thought Pope Francis was "too liberal" and "just saying woke things because that's what young people like nowadays" and those are both endorsements to my ears.

Especially his attitude on climate change and income inequality and tax avoidance by the wealthy - there is a lot of that in conservative church groups and if their God's PR representative is telling them to cut that shit out and look after the environment better then great.

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[–] IceFoxX@lemm.ee 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sad that a piece of shit like j.d. vance was with him before.

[–] AlpacaChariot@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Didn't he send another cardinal to lecture Vance?

[–] IceFoxX@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I don't know, but of course it could be. I had only heard that vance had visited him, which was just as shitty an action as the unwanted visit to Greenland.

[–] AlpacaChariot@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It does have a similar vibe to when Liz Truzz killed the Queen

[–] BarrierWithAshes@fedia.io 10 points 1 month ago

Let's hope he lasts as long as Truss did after that too.

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[–] libra00@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That title, it has one too many, commas.

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] libra00@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

LOL, nice.

"I got a fever, and the only prescription, is more cowbell!"

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[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (5 children)

A 5 minute meeting with JD Vance and he was gone.

[–] ReiRose@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 4 points 1 month ago

Taken right after the handshake

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[–] Rokin@lemm.ee 18 points 1 month ago

I liked that guy.

[–] mhague@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (3 children)

What are the chances that the Cardinals protest vote two elections in a row and they accidentally elect a decent man again? Can you imagine back to back decent Popes? Not sure if it's happened in my lifetime.

[–] O_R_I_O_N@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Not a chance in hell

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[–] AJ1@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 month ago (5 children)

That needless comma in the title, is annoying.

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[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I wonder if they still tap the dead pope three times with a silver hammer to check if they're really dead?

I offered to do it, they weren't willing to supply ponchos for the audience though so plans fell through.

[–] molten@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I've seen this one. Resurrected tomorrow.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Maxwell's a Catholic?

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

I think it is mandatory. There is a very precise rite to declare a pope as deceased.

[–] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 month ago

why the weird commas

[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Gonna be some nice crazy shit about the Prophecy of the Popes flying around, this will be interesting to observe.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy_of_the_Popes

*aaaaaaaaaand, there it is:

https://youtu.be/pm8uIYceGvg

[–] frezik@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

New pope gets elected, and then the believers will say it was misinterpreted the whole time. This is the standard way.

[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

There does appear to be a built in buffer zone according to some interpretations lol

[–] gressen@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Did he finally learn who invaded Ukraine, or was he blissfully unaware until his last moments?

Edit: adding /s just in case

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Sucks that he died, but got me thinking. How is the Pope any different from a Dictator? He’s literally one person at the top who has the authority to decide how an entire group of people should think and act and believes he has divine authority to do so?

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Except that he has no executive power over those people.

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

And he is also elected (not by the people, but elected nontheless)

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

He has some. He has direct control over church matters, and a lot of people willingly follow the church. So if the church says "no red meat on Fridays", the people will do that.

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[–] cheeseandrice@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago
[–] originaltnavn@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

He is elected though? It is not as easy to depose a pope as a president, but there is no military coup, secret police or other things associated with dictatorships.

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

In his position as pope he has no state power, only spiritual, and in his position as monarch of the Vatican, well there's only church employees living there and Italy has an eye on things. Generally speaking unless otherwise stated Italian law applies within the Vatican.

Also he's elected. Not that that means much it means that he's a mouthpiece of the oligarchs (cardinals) electing him. But while we're at elected monarchs, there's one rather curious case: The French president is co-prince of Andorra, that is, their head of state, he shares that position with the local Bishop. Nearly 800 years ago the Andorrans said "yeah let's not get invaded" and gave the title to the French head of state, then revolution happened, now the French are electing the Andorran head of state.

Indigenous person here. GOOD

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