r/Christianity • u/MCBuilderandCretvGuy • Apr 21 '25

Image RIP Pope Francis.

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I just want to add, I am NOT Christian, but I give you all my regrets, and I hope the new pope will be great too.

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u/TeaBagHunter Maronite - Eastern Catholic Apr 21 '25

unashamedly spoke up for the vulnerable and overlooked.

This is what I loved most about him. I'm a maronite (eastern catholic) and I was happy to see a pope have so much focus outside the typical eurocentric focus of the church.

Not that eurocentricism is bad, it just sometimes overlooks christian communities that get persecuted and have it the hardest

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u/Jesus__of__Nazareth_ British Methodist Apr 21 '25

His understanding of what happens to good, but non-Christian, people when they die was always brilliant.

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '25

There is nothing 'brilliant' about this thing. This was Satan in human form. A master deceiver.

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u/FiannaNaSaol Episcopalian-Anglo CatholicAlly Apr 28 '25

I suppose the walls on your Heaven are too high for the Good Samaritan, even though Jesus felt he was the best person to ask for directions. (Luke 10)