Thanks for this. Yesterday I was on a long drive while listening to reporting from The Vatican. I had tears streaming down my face. I was having a Stendhal moment. The broadcasters' description of the setting and the palpable emotions of the crowd was almost too much to bear. My great good fortune was to have lived 26 years in Rome. A fa…
Thanks for this. Yesterday I was on a long drive while listening to reporting from The Vatican. I had tears streaming down my face. I was having a Stendhal moment. The broadcasters' description of the setting and the palpable emotions of the crowd was almost too much to bear. My great good fortune was to have lived 26 years in Rome. A fallen-away Catholic, I gave thanks every day for the church's commission of the artwork and architecture that graces the length and breadth of Italy. I also give thanks for Popes John Paul (I'm thinking of his prison visit to forgive the man who tried to assassinate him) and Francis, who embodied the compassionate teaching of the church. Pope Francis felt like an antidote to our treatment of fellow human beings, the creatures with whom we share the planet, and our happy-go-lucky destruction of the planet itself.
Thanks for this. Yesterday I was on a long drive while listening to reporting from The Vatican. I had tears streaming down my face. I was having a Stendhal moment. The broadcasters' description of the setting and the palpable emotions of the crowd was almost too much to bear. My great good fortune was to have lived 26 years in Rome. A fallen-away Catholic, I gave thanks every day for the church's commission of the artwork and architecture that graces the length and breadth of Italy. I also give thanks for Popes John Paul (I'm thinking of his prison visit to forgive the man who tried to assassinate him) and Francis, who embodied the compassionate teaching of the church. Pope Francis felt like an antidote to our treatment of fellow human beings, the creatures with whom we share the planet, and our happy-go-lucky destruction of the planet itself.