These are the only thoughts on Pope Francis I feel capable of writing publicly with any confidence.
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From “An Honest Conversation About Dishonesty”: So again, you say I’ve changed. But I would submit I haven’t. You have. (Or people like you — not truly knowing your past, I’m using you as a stand-in for a type I encounter with great frequency.) I’m still against all the horrible ideas I used to be against. But the terrain changed on me, …
Who Changed?
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Now that I have been doing it, I can talk about it. My New Year’s resolution was to read the Complete Works of Wm. Shakespeare. A play a week, 38 weeks into 2025.
I’m on schedule! 16 on finishing Merchant today.
Do I recommend it? Yes, yes I do. I honestly find myself choosing to lap up another scene or two of bloodshed or invective rather than scrolling through the glamour of Insta.
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I spent the morning teaching, but I’m watching the playback of the funeral now. Church history is long, and there will be many centuries to determine the legacy of Francis, but now we lay the Holy Father, the successor of St Peter, to rest and there is only prayer and hope in the resurrection. May God bless him and let His light shine upon him, and may He welcome him into the kingdom. Ora pro eo.
There’s no better reason! I’m also happy to be on Substack. In a world infected by extremism, this is the best platform for a normal exchange of views between people interested in thoughtful conversation and debate as opposed to fixed outcomes.
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