Monday, April 21, 2025

Analysis: Pope Francis' legacy marked by reform efforts and outreach to 'marginalized' people; ABC News, April 21, 2025

 Phoebe Natanson , ABC News; Analysis: Pope Francis' legacy marked by reform efforts and outreach to 'marginalized' people

""God is not afraid of new things! That is why he is continually surprising us, opening our hearts and guiding us in unexpected ways."

So declared Pope Francis in October 2014, just over a year-and-a-half after he was elected, as he beatified Pope Paul VI, who led the Catholic Church nearly two generations earlier...

Pope Francis, who died on Monday, called for "a church for the poor," a church that would reach out to what he called the "peripheries." He called for a humble, more merciful and inclusive church, and repeatedly remembered the "marginalized" people in society.

His papacy brought a series of firsts to the role, which endeared him to people all over the world. Among these: He was the first to take the name Francis, after the medieval friar St. Francis of Assisi, who vowed to live in poverty."

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