I just switched on the TV and found out, I hadn’t looked at the news yet on internet.
Very saddened to hear this. He was very, very ill, even though he had been dismissed from hospital.
RIP Papa Francesco.
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RIP Pope Francis. I am so glad he lived to give the Easter blessing yesterday. He did look very unwell, but he must have had the will to live to mark such an important day with his pilgrims.
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Amazingly Symbolic. That he was able, in a wheelchair. To express his wishes to the world from the balcony. Good Friday.
Passing over, just two days later. RIP.
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May He Rest In Peace 
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I saw on the news.
R.I.P Pope Francis.
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If they chose a younger man say in his 30’s then the vatican would not have to keep re-electing so often
I think John Paul II must have been in his 50s when elected. But he was unusually young.
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r i p, but afraid tv is going to pope us to death
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Hi
Not often you get a Pope or any other Senior Religious Leader who had worked as a Bouncer.
He was very down to earth.
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May he rest in peace forever…
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I’m not religious and did not follow or know much about him, but I’m pleased to see he was very outspoken about the genocide in Gaza:
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Any particular reason why?
He isn’t meant to be.
Unusual, inappropriate question.
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No explanation? That’s unusual.
Presumably personally know to you !!
Other comments are apparent Why canvass.
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Maybe because she respected him? Was a Christian? Or just saddened to hear about the loss of a fellow human being. Why does it matter and what are you trying to get at?
Who says? Everyone can be the kind of person they want to be.
Have to agree with Rose, it does seem like a very unusual question…
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I’m a Christian @StraightUp, and the Pope is the head of the Vatican state which is in Rome, the capital city of my country, just a few hours away from where I live. They are calling him the “people’s pope”. Rings a bell?
He had a particular regard for the poor, the sick, the disabled and all other less fortunate citizens of the world. He was also very “human”, wanting to meet ordinary people, talk to them, hug them and also had a good sense of humor. He was a modest person, he was the first Pope to choose to live in a less lavish residence, not the luxurious one where all past Popes have lived.
Thousands of people queuing up for hours under the hot sun for two days to honor him is not because they have nothing else to do!
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