Last year, not long after the election of Pope Francis, I found myself in a Roman Catholic bookstore that offered free bookmarks featuring a picture of the new pontiff and a prayer for his tenure on St. Peter’s throne.
I have never had more than a passing interest in the papacy. I knew enough about John Paul II and Benedict XVI to admire some of what they did but also to wince in bewilderment and confusion at other of their statements, pronouncements, and actions.
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