Former good article nomineePope Francis was a Philosophy and religion good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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Pope Francis clarified his stance on same-sex couple blessings

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https://www.foxnews.com/media/pope-francis-corrects-60-minutes-church-blessing-same-sex-unions-sacrament.amp 2607:F2C0:EB76:C70:7D10:BD23:EA2D:7989 (talk) 23:58, 20 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Infobox image

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Does anyone object using File:Franciscus, 2023.jpg? The colors are better, the image is more recent... the only downside is probably the angle. RodRabelo7 (talk) 23:18, 20 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Yes, the downside is exactly that, the angle — I don't think a more recent photo justifies a much worse picture here, the current photo is fine. Flemmish Nietzsche (talk) 23:23, 20 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Too many articles about the same person

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Wikipedia has so many articles about Pope Francis! I think they could be merged on the principal article. For instance, there is a long article named "Pope Francis and LGBT topics". It could be included in the principal article. 2804:D84:2280:2400:B045:A59D:D997:FF0D (talk) 00:24, 24 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

It is standard practice to have multiple articles on people like Pope Francis. Extremely notable and influential people sometimes require multiple articles to have full encyclopedic coverage. A slightly older example of this is the article Joseph Priestley and Dissent. ~ Pbritti (talk) 04:21, 24 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Controversies section

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Just starting a thread here for discussion based on the notice posted on the article itself (not posted by me). However, I can definitely see why it is posted. The length and detail of the controversies section seems to give undue weight to criticism of a Pope who has not been particularly controversial, except in certain circles. HappyWanderer15 (talk) 15:07, 15 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

For what it’s worth, I think the removal of the "Controversies" section title by @Neutrality was the right choice. StarkReport (talk) 14:27, 27 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 10 September 2024

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Change "county" to "country" in the 3rd sentence of "Position toward China" SteijnBol (talk) 12:37, 10 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Done Charliehdb (talk) 14:34, 10 September 2024 (UTC)Reply