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.
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.
While I am not Catholic, as a Christian I do pray for his repentance and reconciliation.
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!
I thought he was recovering?
Benedict was not kicked out, he chose to retire.
Yes, pray for his health, physical and spiritual, and for all those in similar situations, as well as all the loved ones involved. Why wouldn’t you? Praying doesn’t mean you condone what a person says or does.
Pray for everyone and let Jesus sort it out.
There was a TV news segment this morning of video from the Vatican that struck me as people worshipping the Pope.
I’m not Catholic but wife is. She doesn’t like him.
Personally I would classify many of his acts And public announcements as evil.
Lucifer was an Angel before falling so why couldn’t a “lowly” pope became evil as well? 🤔
I believe that as long as you’re not hurting another person, you should do whatever makes you feel at peace with yourself. If that means praying for Francis, that’s the choice that’s right for you. If it means gloating and counting the days, that’s your thing so fine and good. As for me, he just disgusts me so I’ll mostly ignore his dying until it’s over and hope the church has a better next head that helps it be a comfort and a place of moral example for its vast membership. Long live the memory of Pius XII.