Posted on 03/04/2025 6:23:00 AM PST by Stepan12
As Pope Francis approaches death, millions of Catholics around the world put aside their differences with the man to pray for him. Some pray for what Catholics call a “happy death” free from mortal sin. Some pray for his return to health. Some pray for his conversion or repentance.
“It’s a sad thing to say but there should be no controversy whatsoever about people sincerely praying for the salvation of the pope’s soul,” said Frank Wright, a British Catholic journalist. “I see nothing but good intentions for that. I pray for the soul of the pope myself. It’s our duty.”
It might be a theological duty in Wright’s eyes. But is it a moral one?
As FrontPage Magazine has repeatedly reported, Francis is trying to turn the Catholic Church into a tool of globalist, materialist utopians at the expense of centuries of moral teaching, especially on homosexuality and abortion. In the process, Francis has used rhetorical duplicity to dupe well-meaning but naive Catholics while promoting his agenda.
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I’m a non-Catholic Christian. I pray that God’s will be done.
Yes, we should pray for him.
https://fssp.com/fraternity-pray-for-our-priests-daily-calendar-card/
A PRAYER FOR THE POPE
Almighty and everlasting God, have mercy upon Thy servant, Francis, our Supreme Pontiff, and direct him, according to Thy loving kindness, in the ways of eternal salvation; that, of Thy gift, he may ever desire that which is pleasing unto Thee and may accomplish it with all his might. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Recovering Catholic here - now just a good old time religion King James Bible church goin’ guy - I would say pray for him personally and for him to get in alignment with scripture so as to properly shepherd.
Jesus said you should forgive your enemies.
So, based on that I would say yes.
Pray for Frances to ask God for forgiveness.
Pray for his soul.
I don’t wish for Francis’s death and wish him well. I also don’t want him to be Pope and think he has been a disaster. There is nothing wrong with holding those two thoughts in your head simultaneously.
Christ said to pray for your enemies.
I pray Francis has a holy death. That is a death of full repentance and renewed friendship with God.
Frankie is a gay communist.
This is the answer.
I think your response is a fine one-and as someone raised Catholic but entering the Protestant world, that seems like a Christian response. Nice job.
Basically, we can pray for evil people that they come to repentance or be influenced to be less evil. That’s within what Christians can do about evil people.
Proverbs 24:16-18 ESV / 23 helpful votes
For the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity. Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles, lest the Lord see it and be displeased, and turn away his anger from him
His fruit is rotten and what he preached is not biblical on key issues, and it is “likely” that he has not been redeemed- so pray that he accepts christ IF he is not saved, and pray that his passing, if it be god’s will, be pleasant. IF he is unsaved, he is going to an eternity in which no man should want another to endure- that should be the concern of our prayers.
“I pray that God’s will be done.”
I hope I’m not being offensive or nit picking, but isn’t it a ‘given’ that Gods will will be done?
If I’m just picking on a shorthand phrase then please ignore me.
Christ died for gay communists too if they will accept him as savior.
While I am not Catholic, as a Christian I do pray for his repentance and reconciliation.
We have to forgive. God forgave us.
Something in my inbox this am....
Heavenly Father, deliver Your people from the curse of confusion and division. We humbly submit to Your authority and Lordship. Teach us to stand together in the truth of Jesus Christ. By Your Spirit, unite us in faith, in purpose, and in love. In Jesus’ name, amen.
I don’t wish ill for Francis. I wish he would resign, and in reality, I wish he had never been selected to be pope.
He has negatively affected the Catholic church. The church needs to be repaired, just like America needs to be repaired after the Biden and Obama years.
The pope has attempted to be middle of the road on many issues not concerning Catholics. We don’t need to be bipartisan when it comes to terrorists and Iran and other evils in the world. Get back to what Catholicism is about. Trying to see good in evil-doers is not going to solve those problems; it just encourages the evil-doers to do more of their evil.
I don’t pray for the pope and I don’t wish him ill, but, he needs to be gone.
For the obvious answer look to what the Lord would say.
My Priests had a prayer for the Pope’s physical and SPIRITUAL HEALING! BRAVO!
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