I’m sure Mr. Nicholas G. Hahn III was trying to be helpful when this layperson scolded “the good men and women of the cloth” (Wall Street Journal, April 17, 2015), telling us to quit meddling in what he calls politics and stick to “spiritual leadership.”
What apparently galled Mr. Hahn is Pope Francis, who seems to be a particular problem with the Wall Street Journal (see also the April 21st issue where a different writer lectures the Pope for — gasp! — supporting care of the earth). What set off Mr. Hahn is that Pope Francis said in his Easter homily that he was praying that the Iran-United States nuclear negotiations might be a step toward a more secure and fraternal world.
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