People from all over the world, from all different backgrounds, are praising the Pope for his humanity and decency

[Quiet Em]

That won't happen for the con artist when he leaves this earth.

I hope he's thinking about that.

[Walleye]

1. It will be a partay! Imagine the Eagles won the Super Bowl and the whole country is Philadelphia. That's the party

[Quiet Em]

2. .

[dutch777]

3. I think this Pope did his best in a very resistive organization to make change for the better.

Not a fan of Catholicism for all the obvious historic reasons and their lingering issues around women, abortion and so on but did like the Pope for trying to steer things in a better direction and owning some of the past sins of the church in a more meaningful way. Plenty more to do so will be interesting to see what the shape and type of the new pope is. If you haven't seen it, I recommend the movie Conclave for both its acting and the story line about the process of replacing a pope.

[travelingthrulife]

4. He impressed me when he apologized to countries for the Catholic churches past actions.

Certainly better than the Nazi pope before him.

[dutch777]

5. Yes. Given the world and church's bent toward conservatism, I fear the next Pope will be much less.