Biden: Pope Francis stood for compassion as others embraced cruelty. May mercy be his legacy.

[Zorro]

I fear with Pope Francis' passing, the world will be colder and less just. Which means that all of us who loved Francis need to step up.

As I sat among the more than 200,000 people who came to Rome to grieve the loss and celebrate the life of Pope Francis, one word kept running through my mind − mercy.

I thought of the pope’s motto – “Miserando atque eligendo." It translates as, "He looked at him with mercy and chose him.” It is a reference to Jesus selecting Matthew to be his disciple, not despite the fact that the tax collector was a sinner, but because of it.

I thought of the Jubilee Year of Mercy that Pope Francis proclaimed. I thought of “The Name of God is Mercy” that he wrote.

Most of all, I thought of his mission, his ministry, his life’s work.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/04/28/pope-francis-joe-biden-mercy/83316390007/

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. Unless you were a woman who needed a life-saving abortion.

Please never forget. His mercy was extended to zygotes ahead of living women.

That is cruel as FUCK.