RIP. We'll miss you

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He certainly wasn’t the worst pope out there. Here’s hoping the cardinals (most appointed by him) choose a worthy successor

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“I pray for you every day,” Vance said as he bid Francis farewell. “God bless you.”

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JD Vance killed Pope Francis, pass it on.

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In the same way that Lizz Truss killed Brenda?

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Who?

I meant in the sense that JD gave Pope Francis something that hastened his death.

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Private Eye running joke.

Elizabeth II was regularly referred to as “Brenda” and Charles III as “Brian”.

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If enough of us google “did jd vance kill the pope?”, then autocomplete will start spreading that rumor for us.

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I have to go downstairs now and tell Maryanne, the woman I’m a caregiver for, that Pope Francis died. She’s going to be inconsolable. She loved Pope Francis.

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There are some memes floating around. All of them are Very bad taste stuff.

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I don’t doubt it.

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And his last meeting was with Vance. Blech

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I can certainly understand wanting to check out after having to explain to Vance that compassion is important and selfishness isn’t a virtue.

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Timothy Snyder remembers meeting Pope Francis in a church in Ukraine


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r/ScottishFootball is weird right now. The Rangers fans are being more respectful than the Celtic fans.

The sub does have an enforced “no sectarianism” rule which keeps the worst bigots away, which might be playing a part.

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It’s irrational, but I have this feeling that the administration might try and get someone they like into the Papacy? Like, how could they, but I wouldn’t put it past them to make a ham-fisted effort to do so.

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I can see them threatening to tariff the Vatican.

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This guy

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Kash Patel? :smiley:

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