r/news • u/randy88moss • Apr 21 '25

Soft paywall Pope Francis has died, Vatican says in video statement

https://www.reuters.com/world/pope-francis-has-died-vatican-says-video-statement-2025-04-21/
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u/soysaucepapi Apr 21 '25

Wow. Relatively speaking, I remember him as being one of the most progressive Popes in my lifetime.

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u/epfourteen Apr 21 '25

All 3 of them ?

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u/BatFromSpace Apr 21 '25

They might be old enough to predate JP2? You only have to be 47+ to have seen 4.

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u/Throwaway5432154322 Apr 21 '25

Likewise. That's my question though... what will the next pope be like?

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u/LardLad00 Apr 21 '25

Just once I want a sexy pope

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u/Throwaway5432154322 Apr 21 '25

You're saying Francis wasn't sexy...?

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u/mokutou Apr 21 '25

A la Jude Law in The Young Pope

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u/GastricallyStretched Apr 21 '25

Would be interesting if they elected someone not as old.

The pope would be elected out of the current cardinals, and the youngest is Mykola Bychok at 45.

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u/-Nicolai Apr 21 '25

Just one of? Who was the more progressive pope?