Pope Francis has died

Breaking news: Pope Francis is still dead.

Republicans are celebrating and calling him a commie...

I am surpringly annoyed about Americans somehow finding a way to make this about themselves.

In reality I'm much more worried about the likely counterreformist pushback that is likely about to happen. We're about to find out if a remarkably powerful organization's leader was able to seed enough support to secure a politically aligned successor, and if the answer is "no" a bunch of organizations are about to get even more ruthlessly conservative at a time when a new strain of fascism is seeking moral support. The Catholic Church has been here before. It didn't go well.

I fucking hate you Vance, this is your fault!

Yeah, meeting JD Vance can be too much for anyone.

Guys. Joe Biden is Catholic. The Vatican has an opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.

Pope is recovering;

• meets JD Vance

• dies a couple days later....

Hmm

It's a true shame. Francis was the most "eco-socialist" pope we are going to get. Managing to offend entrenched conservatives deserves respect.

JD Vance visits the Vatican, the pope literally dies

I guess he didn't say "thank you"

Gfdi. I'm not religious, but knowing that Catholics are going to choose a new Pope, I can only look forward to more bad news of comformity to godawful world news in the form of a shitty New Pope who inspires and empowers all the shitty people.

Great, one more thing to make the world even worse.

The child in me kind of wishes he had passed on 4/20 Easter, but alas.

That being said, while I'm not religious I appreciate a lot (not all) of what this Pope has done. His Apostolic Exhortation on the Idolatry of Money, and the gross inequality wrought by capitalism is worth a read.

Looks like it's time for another pope race. I would like to throw my hat in the ring. As a lapsed Catholic trans woman who's never so much as visited a seminary, I know I'm an unorthodox choice. But maybe it's time to mix things up. My central campaign planks? We're going to bring back indulgences and try to make the Papal States a thing again. Also, expect skits and improv sessions to have a big place in Catholic mass in the future!

let's wait a couple days and see if he comes back

He was an alright Pope in the end. Not a soulless bastard like Benedict.

Friendly reminder: Progressive for a pope is still a transphobe who actively facilitated the rape of children. Not to mention all the horrific colonizer shit.

Rest in piss Frankie boy.

Bring him back, take Trump instead

Boy asks Pope if his atheist father is in heaven.

Humility, patience, kindness, grace, and rationality. Would that we should have more leaders like him in the future.

This is sad. He was indeed a great pope. But, WTF did JD do?

Yeah, “guess I’ll die” is a normal reaction to meeting JD.

Pope: dies

Corpo God : "We are happy to announce the relocation of Pope Francis to his next steps within the company. We are thankful for their contribution for the last 12 years and we look forward to their future achievements. BR, management.

Noooooo! He had his whole life ahead of him.

He was like man this guy sucks, I don't want to live in a world where this guy has power, then dies. I feel the same dude...

May he rest in peace.

I declare myself pope, and as my first official act, I'm excommunicating all my antipopes!

yeah fuck that guy anyways.

Any signs of plutonium poisoning?

"Before Francis took ill in February, he criticized President Donald Trump’s mass deportation policy. 'What is built on the basis of force,' Francis warned in a letter to American bishops, 'and not on the truth about the equal dignity of every human being, begins badly and will end badly.'"

-New York Times

RIP Pope Francis. Glad you put Just Dumb in his place.

Do other religions go to such great lengths to cover this kind of news? Like would we see the same for the Dalai Lama?

My guess is that they will elect a conservative pope to replace Francis. It is no secret that there are court intrigues and in-fighting in the Vatican between progressive and conservative clergies. Pope Francis openly went toe to toe with many ultraconservative, MAGA clergies in America, de-frocking one of the priests.

One less pedo

Rest in peace Pope Francis 🕯️

Can I have his Easter eggs then?

So him not meeting Vance earlier may not have been a snub then ☹️ (he did)

Was he involved in any of the traditional Easter stuff? (He was)

RIP.

Did Vance/Trump mafia kill him because the Pope upset him?

Obviously, he should have been nicer to JD Vance. God punished him for his rudeness.

Now I'm not saying Vance murdered the pope but I'm not not saying it either...

Again?

Getting the good news out of the way early this week. Too bad they'll probably select a replacement for him.

He didn‘t die. He became more powerful than you could ever imagine.

Siento que hay tanto más que podría haber hecho y no pudo o por la edad o por el rozamiento con el resto del sistema. Le tocara a sus sucesores continuar supongo...

Entiendo porqué, pero también lamento que no haya vuelto Argentina.

QEPD Bergoglio

Repeat with me: "Morto 'n papa, se ne fa n'antro".

This is Romanesco (the dialect of Rome) for "When a Pope is dead, another one is made", usually used to comment situations in which the present condition will not be changed simply because of how the underlying mechanisms work.

Literally nothing to see here.

So was he promoted or fired by the man upstairs?

Trump only likes popes that don't die at a similar age. In fact, had the pope become president and leading racist nazi asshole, he would be alive today.

My theory is that pope Francis when to see where the heck god is at. Cuz WTF man!

Wonder if he really made it through the Easter or whether they kept it covered so that it looked like so

Well, that's hardly a good excuse for pawning JD Vance off on some flunky. Seriously, popes these days...

Killed by the US for not wanting to talk to JD 😔

Trump will appoint an excommunicated pedophile priest as a replacement​.

When we needed him more than ever.

I'd love to make a joke about Russia sabotaging the pope election, but it wouldn't even surprise me...

Bye bitch

I remember him as one of those important men who failed to condemn Russian aggression. Maybe the next one will have a better moral compass.

Since he died on Easter Monday, is he going straight to heaven?

There goes one neighborhood in Rome

Well, he's not the first.

Should've worn a suite to that JD Vance meeting.

his grave is a gender neutral bathroom

Ope. There goes the Pope.

Damn, that was one crazy pope.

damn, I had hoped that Vance getting snubbed was a direct action

This is likely to be one of the biggest news stories of everyone reading this lives. Regardless of your personal feelings on organized religion, Catholism, etc. This was someone who led a 2000 year old organization with over 1 billion members.

Hopefully, everyone posting "lol JD Vance killed him" can reflect on this 50 years from now as they look back on their lives, and the small amount of dopamine they received was worth it. And maybe they'll have even moved past their incessant need to post surface level thoughts and memes and developed the ability to process information and add value to a conversation. But I doubt it.

I say all of this as someone who actually hates the Catholic church. I want to end by saying that all you people spamming those comments, posts, memes, etc. You are the reason the internet is getting worse.

On Easter. The thumpers are going to love this

Bye.

Gotta get that zio pope in there. :/

lol oops god bless uwu