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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe wrong person died. The world lost an honest good man

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/europe/pope-francis-assures-atheists-you-don-t-have-to-believe-in-god-to-go-to-heaven-8810062.html

https://www.voanews.com/a/pope-francis-better-atheist-than-hypocritical-catholic/3737911.html

https://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/23/world/pope-atheists-again/index.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-03-13/a-public-transit-pope-francis-rode-buses-instead-of-limos-through-buenos-aires
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The wrong person died. The world lost an honest good man (Original Post)
dalton99a
Monday
OP
His arms were normal size but he managed to embrace a lot of people with his compassion and kindness.
Ping Tung
Monday
#7
I have watched 15 family & friends, 12 younger & all better than Pissolini,
Dark n Stormy Knight
Monday
#9
mobeau69
(11,938 posts)1. Hey Dalton, can you post a link? TIA

mobeau69
(11,938 posts)3. Thank you dalton.

AllaN01Bear
(24,833 posts)4. ding. we hams have a signal for a radio operator or land line telegrapher


rustysgurl
(1,074 posts)8. My parents were both hams ...
K0ACC and W0ZSZ. They are silent keys as well. This Pope truly embraced everybody. RIP.
aggiesal
(9,958 posts)5. Everything Mierda47 touches, dies. n/t
Ping Tung
(2,189 posts)7. His arms were normal size but he managed to embrace a lot of people with his compassion and kindness.
As an ex-Catholic, skeptic, and agnostic he even touched me.
Dark n Stormy Knight
(10,349 posts)9. I have watched 15 family & friends, 12 younger & all better than Pissolini,
die in the past few years. If I weren't already an atheist, I'd have to join the club.
Meowmee
(8,728 posts)10. He did some good things for sure
And maybe it is too soon to say this but there were things I took issues with- one was he said married people who have pets instead of children are "selfish" wth? 😹
It doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things really but that should not have been said etc.
eppur_se_muova
(38,933 posts)11. Oh, this isn't about a Kennedy ?
It's been years, but I've been thinking what you said in the OP lately ...