Monday, April 21, 2025

“Humble Francis”

The historian Timonthy Snyder, the author of On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, writes about meeting Pope Francis: “Humble Francis.”

I’m a devout nonbeliever who greatly admired this pope.

2 comments:

  1. “Devout nonbeliever.” I like it!

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  2. I’ve never liked the word “atheist,” though I’m not sure how “nonbeliever” differs. But to my mind, “nonbeliever” suggests a detachment from any particular dogma, rather than a denial of some numinous reality.

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