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.
  • Dagnet@lemmy.worldEnglish
    324·
    22 hours ago

    I’m atheist but I’m still quite sad he died, seemed like the most progressive pope to me, rip

    • But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.worldEnglish
      122·
      18 hours ago

      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

    • Cpo@lemm.eeEnglish
      104·
      20 hours ago

      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).

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      42·
      19 hours ago

      Yeah but that’s not a high bar. Hopefully his successor is even more so.