Faint praise

President Trump described Pope Francis as a ‘good man’ who ‘worked hard and loved the world’. This is very much a minimalist view of a person who devoted his life to make the world a better place as opposed to Trump’s effort to just make his own world a better place.

Pope Francis was beloved by billions of people, respected by those from other beliefs and a person who led the way to a more accepting church. Those that didn’t agree with him, or even openly opposed his changes were still welcome in his house, not exiled to an El Salvador prison.

We all need great people to set examples for us to follow and sadly we have just lost one great example.

Dennis Fitzgerald,

Melbourne, Australia