{"id":15401,"date":"2025-04-21T07:30:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T14:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/?p=15401"},"modified":"2025-04-22T16:24:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T23:24:25","slug":"i-suppose-he-rallied-for-one-last-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/2025\/04\/21\/i-suppose-he-rallied-for-one-last-easter\/","title":{"rendered":"I suppose he rallied for one last Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pope Francis died. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m sorry to hear that. I disagreed with a whole lot of his opinions. I thought that he was too liberal and extended the olive branch too freely to people who would seen the church and western civilization in flames.<\/p>\n\n\n

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But he was a holy man. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holy Men see the best in everyone and believe that goodness and decency will win out in the hearts of even their enemies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes they’re right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since I’m not Catholic I have no place to express my opinion about Papal Edicts or the direction Pope Francis was taking the church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few weeks ago, I thought Pope Francis was on his way out. He spent a lot of time in the hospital. Then the Vatican said he was recovering. He was seeing people, and offered blessings at the Easter Mass. I truly thought he was going to hang around for another few years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even if I disagreed with him, even though I’m not Catholic, the Pope is a constant in my life and to some extent I look to the Pope, and others, for generalized moral standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m sorry Pope Francis is dead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think it speaks to his strength of will, or his faith, perhaps both, that he apparently pushed to make one more Easter Mass. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sleep well Francis…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pope Francis died. I’m sorry to hear that. I disagreed with a whole lot of his opinions. I thought that he was too liberal and extended the olive branch too freely to people who would seen the church and western civilization in flames. But he was a holy man. Holy Men see the best in … <\/p>\n

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