As many of you are aware I am a man of faith. I believe in God and I am a regular worshipper at Church.
I think what struck me most about the death of the Pope is not the "sadness", as some would express it, for ultimately all death is sad, but the dignity of the Pope's dying as he set off from this world to the next. The Pope had a painful last few years but the way in which a modern media enabled us all to see him go through those last days really captured something in the public imagination I had not thought possible.
For those of other faiths and those of no faith to feel an outpouring of emotion at this man's going, despite whatever his views might have been on a range of "conservative" issues such as abortion and contraception, there was deep, and I hope enduring, respect for what he had done in leading the Roman Catholic church these past 26 years.
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I'm not Catholic but I do extend my sympathies to those of the Catholic faith.
I'm actually a Baptist who works at an Episcopal church. That's really not surprising-priests and pastors tend to like assistants not members of their own church for confidentiality. And when a parishioner does try to get a little gossip out of me, I just smile and tell them "I know nothing. I'm just the secretary."
Still, when my son joined the Army, as the biological daughter of a male Catholic, I covered my bases with God and have celebrated Lent for three years now. It worked. He returned from a war zone. But then I knew if our family was going to get through my oldest child going to war, I would have to rely on, not the White House or the government, but GOD.
Great Writing. I'd like to visit again. Sorry if I "talked" your ear off.
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