June 14, 2025 and the White House megalomaniac insists on a four mile military parade, in front of him, on his birthday. Gag…
But, the Catholic Church has a new pope. And he is having a mass led by him broadcast in his Chicago White Sox stadium. Excellent counter programming.
He is an American, and like Pope Francis before him he appears to be a spiritual and decent man focused on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, rather than being a scolding dogmatic theocratic, trying to take the church and the world back into previous centuries.
I am glad they chose an American because, in this current moment in the world, America has turned into a force of domination, cruelty, greed, and repression, because that is who the current American president, Donald J Trump, is. So now we have an American spiritual leader who is opposed to all of that, who is the symbol of empathy and compassion and caring.
Empathy, compassion, and caring.
Of course, he is Catholic, so I am sure he will not approve of gay marriage, too bad, nor abortion, too bad, but bringing a message of compassion is very welcome.
I stopped being a Catholic decades ago. And I will not become one now. But I welcome a pope who focuses on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
I see this as a call to America, and the to world, to decency.
