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          Apr 21, 2025
          
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🚨 Pope Francis died Monday at the age of 88, leaving a complicated but overall progressive legacy regarding LGBTQ+ rights in the Catholic Church.

Read more about his relationship with the LGBTQ+ community below. ⬇️
  
                Pope Francis dead at 88: Looking back on his LGBTQ+ rights legacy
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