• @pulsewidth@lemmy.world
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    194 days ago

    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.

      • @pulsewidth@lemmy.world
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        44 days ago

        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.

        • @But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world
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          13 days ago

          lol it’s funny if you use the change takes time in politics, people flip out. The democrats got crucified for not changing enough, but the church gets infinite chances and endless forgiveness for their crimes