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| Sol Iustitiæ illustra nos |
Chaperoning two friends from abroad at local attractions, one of them remarked that I seemed very optimistic about the new pope, Leo XIV. I tried to correct him: not optimistic, just not jolted by fear all the time anymore.
For twelve years, each day was a potential nightmare -- each moment a "sursaut", as the French would say. And that is perhaps, as I slowly realized, the main point at this moment in time. If Peter is the captain of the boat, then let the storms rock the boat; but Peter himself shouldn't rock the boat.
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| Some things are looking up (chart by The Economist) |
Now, for the first time in twelve years, I do not actually have to follow the news and check the news from the Vatican. At least for a while, maybe hopefully for decades, I can stay days on end without being worried that the new papal declaration will apparently unwind the Faith.
That is not exactly optimistic, it is just the tranquility that every Catholic should be entitled to. We can hope that Francis' most unjust decisions will be reversed. We certainly do hope so. But at least in the meantime we can live in peace in the Church, despite the insane bishops who plan to have us wiped out. That is objectively good: Summer is at hand.
