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[–] [email protected] 1 points 38 minutes ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago

"Before Francis took ill in February, he criticized President Donald Trump’s mass deportation policy. 'What is built on the basis of force,' Francis warned in a letter to American bishops, 'and not on the truth about the equal dignity of every human being, begins badly and will end badly.'"

-New York Times

[–] [email protected] -1 points 20 hours ago

yeah fuck that guy anyways.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 22 hours ago

Well, that's hardly a good excuse for pawning JD Vance off on some flunky. Seriously, popes these days...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Do other religions go to such great lengths to cover this kind of news? Like would we see the same for the Dalai Lama?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago

According to wikipedia, there is rougly 2.5 Billions of Christians with half of them being catholic, moreover the Catholic church is a relatively centralised religion giving a lot of power to the Pope compared to other religious leaders. So I can't think about many religious leader having that much global authority.

I Wouldn't be surprised that the death of Ayattolah Khamanei will also quite a big news. However, while pretending to be "a religious leader" he is also the de facto political leader of Iran

[–] [email protected] 4 points 21 hours ago

What's your point here? The Dalai Lama's influence is basically nonexistent when compared to the Pope.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 22 hours ago

Yes. Even for non-Catholics it's notable because the Pope has so much influence in Christendom.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I suppose it depends on where you live ......

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It should be a big deal when he does since he’ll be the last one because China kidnapped the successor

[–] [email protected] 6 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

China disappeared the Panchen Lama, the second-most important religious figure in Tibetan Buddhism, and replaced him with a China-selected puppet.

But the Panchen Lama is not the successor to the Dalai Lama. The whole point is that the Dalai Lama will be reincarnated when he dies, so his successor isn't born yet.

The Dalai Lama recently proclaimed that his successor will be born in the free nations outside China - allowing him to be born, say, among the substantial Tibetan refugee populations in Nepal or India.

However, it's a near-certainty that China will select its own successor from a family loyal to the CCP, and from within China-controlled Tibet, while Tibetans outside the country will likely recognize another.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Presumably Catholics outnumber Tibetan Buddhists.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

RIP Pope Francis. Glad you put Just Dumb in his place.

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