| Alone | Not Lonely |
| Cynical | ...but hopeful |
| Religion | ... poisons everythingg |
| Music | ... is interdimensional |
But I want to make it very clear:
I gladly stand with Pope Francis, warts and all, instead of standing with Donald Trump, J.D. Vance, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Leonard Leo, Ann Coulter, and that ilk.
Stand with those folks if you wish as you choose to take the opportunity to use serious discussion of Pope Francis to mount cheap, easy shots at the Catholic church.
But don't fool yourself about whom you're emboldening with those cheap shots.
Yesterday, when I created a thread of commentary about the death of Pope Francis, I fully expected some of the really vile anti-Catholic comments people posted in response to that thread.
I have never held back on my criticism of the shortcomings I perceive, along with others, in the Catholic church (or other religious institutions). My thread included some critical commentary about Francis, which I shared because I agree with it.
"At the heart of his Pontificate, Pope Francis proclaimed solidarity as a central virtue of what it means to be Catholic and Christian."
~ Coalition for Spiritual & Public Leadership
Kathy Yost
Betty C. Jung
William Lindsey 
