I don’t usually ask questions like this…

and I left the fold a long time ago. But since 9/11 just passed, a friend who’s devout was wondering if the "jumpers" (those who leapt from the Towers to avoid being burnt alive) were pardoned by the Pope because of the circumstances, or were they viewed as actual suicides ? I have no idea, but I agreed to ask.

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SW-User

I'm not Catholic but have had many Catholic friends and neighbors over the years. From what I know of their religion and the pope, I can't imagine him considering any of the 9/11 victims to be suicides.