RIP Pope Francis: Lowkey a Legend for Saying Sorry, No Cap 🙏🇨🇦

The Tea

Yo, listen up, fam. Pope Francis, head honcho of the Catholic Church, just clocked out at 88 years young. Now, why should you care? 'Cause this dude made waves in Canada, especially with the whole residential school apology. Like, he actually showed up in 2022 and said sorry for all the messed-up stuff the Church did back in the day. That's a W in some people's books, especially 'cause the Truth and Reconciliation Commission basically begged for it.

But, like, not everyone was living for it. Some peeps were saying the apology was mid, didn't go hard enough. They wanted action, not just words, you feel me? But other Canadians were low-key grateful for the gesture because nearly 11 million Canadians are Catholic, so the apology touched a lot of people. Still, lots of Canadians were not happy with the apology, and they made their feelings known.

Aside from the apology, Pope Francis was tryna be a progressive king. He wanted the Church to be more inclusive, even chatting about LGBTQ+ Catholics. He was changing the game! Plus, he was all about that interfaith vibe, saying all religions are paths to the big guy upstairs. Some theologians were side-eyeing that statement. And he was also changing up church practices, adapting worship and music based on his "Synod on Synodality".

Let's keep it 100, Francis wasn't your typical Pope. He was out here doing spontaneous interviews, actually talking to the people, which got his words mad attention. He even agreed that the abuse at residential schools was basically genocide! But hey, all this reconciliation came at a cost. The Canadian government dropped at least $55 million on his visit, and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops threw in another $18 million!

Whether you're stanning or side-eyeing, you can't deny Pope Francis left a mark, especially on Canada.