If you loved him, pray for his soul.
If he was a believer in Jesus as Lord and Savior and was marked by God with the indelible Holy Ghost. Why are you praying for his soul ? Jesus guaranteed eternal life to all those who believe on his name. Save your prayers for someone who is not a believer. The Pope is already in heaven enjoying the fellowship there with the saints that have gone on before. Hurray for him...........
Why are you praying for his soul?Because that is Catholic teaching, and we after all are CATHOLIC
[snip] The Pope is already in heaven enjoying the fellowship there with the saints that have gone on before.
and that assumption is completely contrary to Catholicism.
This is Catholic doctrine on the subject, what one accepts as truth if one is a Catholic:
The Four Last Things