Yes, I have been in Vatican City and have visited, unfortunately when the Sistine Chapel was undergoing renovations and the Pieta, which I had the good luck to see at the 1964 World’s Fair, had been shot.
As an ex-Catholic I wonder why a pontiff would abdicate, over 600 years after this had ever happened.
Political pressures endure, as always. Scandals, say no more. Bad health? Die in your pontifical bed and be sainted. I’m thinking a disease not of the body but of the mind, dementia or Alzheimers. Or a Nazi past.
Do I think any Pope is infallible? No. Who votes on saints? Humans. Rumor has it that flan is no longer an accepted dessert, check www. slate.com for that funny and fake report. That’s all for now, Dee
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