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Pope Francis dies at 88, leaving behind a changed Catholic Church - BREAKING
Maine News Central ^ | Digital Staff

Posted on 04/21/2025 1:11:43 AM PDT by srmanuel

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To: srmanuel

Good riddance!
Let the Lord deal w him.


41 posted on 04/21/2025 5:12:49 AM PDT by bantam
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To: srmanuel

“Pope Francis dies at 88, leaving behind a changed Catholic Church - BREAKING “
Pope Francis dies at 88, leaving behind a decimated, compromised, irretrievably damaged Catholic Church.
Francis was a Left Wing radical, posing as a Catholic.


42 posted on 04/21/2025 5:19:34 AM PDT by Fireone (1.Avoid crowds 2.Head on a swivel 3.Be prepared to protect & defend those around you 4.Avoid crowds)
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To: srmanuel

The Red Pope is Dead.


43 posted on 04/21/2025 5:24:44 AM PDT by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRobr 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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To: srmanuel
Maybe. But those Cardinals are free agents now. They don't have to fear retribution from +Francis (RIP) for their decisions. And they know that contributions, pilgrimages, etc. are way, way down.

Strange that JPII died on the Feast of Divine Mercy (aka Low Sunday, the Sunday after Easter) and +Francis died on (I guess) Easter Monday Rome time. What are the odds that two Popes so close together would both die in the octave of Easter?

44 posted on 04/21/2025 5:31:32 AM PDT by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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To: srmanuel

The next Pope will decide whether the Catholic church remains viable...


45 posted on 04/21/2025 5:38:44 AM PDT by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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To: alloysteel
I certainly hope Francis found Christ, before he passed

The profundity of this comment is immense.

46 posted on 04/21/2025 5:39:43 AM PDT by Lazamataz (I'm so on fire that I feel the need to stop, drop, and roll!)
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To: srmanuel
Leaving behind a changed Catholic church? How about a seriously damaged homo centric and socialized by ten fold Catholic church.
47 posted on 04/21/2025 5:45:41 AM PDT by Mastador1
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To: srmanuel

We need a pope that focuses on the eternal rather than the temporal.


48 posted on 04/21/2025 5:46:05 AM PDT by jroehl (And how we burned in the camps later - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago)
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To: srmanuel
Wasn't Francis supposed to be the last pope, or something like that?

Should get interesting.

49 posted on 04/21/2025 5:50:06 AM PDT by Jess Kitting
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To: Campion

Roughly the same as picking the 3-digit daily number correctly.


50 posted on 04/21/2025 6:02:56 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: srmanuel

Finally some Good News !


51 posted on 04/21/2025 6:03:47 AM PDT by EC Washington
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To: eeriegeno
On "Fox and Friends" they were just saying nice things about him.

Unfortunately the cardinals and bishops he appointed will stay in office (Cupich, McElroy, etc.).

There were condolences from non-Catholic leaders. I don't recall seeing any from Muslims unless King Charles counts.

52 posted on 04/21/2025 6:10:29 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: srmanuel

I predict an American Pope. But what do I know?


53 posted on 04/21/2025 6:19:11 AM PDT by bunkerhill7 (Don't shoot until you see the whites of their lies)
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To: srmanuel

Hoping he found Jesus before he died


54 posted on 04/21/2025 6:40:07 AM PDT by Craftmore
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To: lefty-lie-spy

I couldn’t agree more.


55 posted on 04/21/2025 6:49:44 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: lefty-lie-spy

God uses all for His Glory.

What did He use of YOU for His Glory during the Francis pontificate?

Are we spreading the Good News daily as we breathe?

Gulp. God have mercy on Francis’ soul, I see I need it for mine as well these last few years while I considered him maybe the anti-christ and now that might be me because frank is gone and I am not!! I have wasted this time not spreading as much Good News as I otherwise OUGHT to and Could have spread.

Forget my opinion of the next pope, I see what I must do during his pontificate....live and breathe THE GOOD NEWS of Jesus’ love and mercy.

Divine Mercy Sunday is the last day of the Easter Octave! Celebrate His Mercy! The big day of the Easter Octave. Think about that. Holy Moly.


56 posted on 04/21/2025 6:53:39 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: If You Want It Fixed - Fix It

It will be difficult for me to forgive him for axing or Bishop Strickland, a pious man who dared to criticize Frances.


57 posted on 04/21/2025 6:57:28 AM PDT by Doche2X2
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To: newfreep

👍


58 posted on 04/21/2025 7:04:37 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Vendome

Joe visited England, squeezed out some silent but deadly ‘whistlers’, not long after, Queen Elizabeth dies.
How does he keep getting away with it?


59 posted on 04/21/2025 7:17:30 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: srmanuel

The church needs a Pope that will recognize and confront the past sins of the church and make amends and ask for forgiveness. Until then the church will continue its decline.
OH, and stay out of leftist activism.


60 posted on 04/21/2025 7:20:44 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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