Voices of Diverse America: April 21st, 2025
Fight on We Must
Pope Francis has left the building
Holy fucking shit, the world lost a genuine revolutionary when Pope Francis took his last breath at 88. This Latin American outsider spent over a decade advancing progressive causes that made conservative Catholic assholes clutch their pearls and hyperventilate into paper bags. The man didn't just talk about helping the poor – he fucking lived it, trading the lavish Apostolic Palace for a modest Vatican guesthouse like some kind of religious Bernie Sanders with a funny hat.
Francis wasn't just a pope – he was a goddamn wrecking ball to the stuffy bullshit that's suffocated the Church for centuries. His "Who am I to judge?" comment about gay people in 2013 sent shockwaves through a religion that's historically treated LGBTQ folks like they had spiritual leprosy. That single phrase did more to heal queer Catholics' wounds than decades of theological posturing from his predecessors.
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