Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff who ministered with a charming, humble style, dies at 88
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Pope Francis was history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change.
  • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
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    23 days ago

    Sucks that he died, but got me thinking. How is the Pope any different from a Dictator? He’s literally one person at the top who has the authority to decide how an entire group of people should think and act and believes he has divine authority to do so?

      • qaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        23 days ago

        And he is also elected (not by the people, but elected nontheless)

      • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
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        23 days ago

        He has some. He has direct control over church matters, and a lot of people willingly follow the church. So if the church says “no red meat on Fridays”, the people will do that.