[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

“We [in the States] always say that we desire to live in the shadow or shade of St. Peter."

Shadow of St. Peter =/= Cloud of Pope Francis.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Pope Francis is Pope Peter's 266th successor. Some of those 266 have been bright, some dim; some ambrosially inspiring, some dung-scandalous; some blessed in heaven; some possibly sizzling in hell. However in their vocation they are successors --- regardless of their individual merit.

Even St. Catherine of Siena, whose most famous calling in her short but dramatic life was to be a persistent corrector of bad, weak or stupid popes, addressed them as Vicars of Christ.

Incidentally, I think that this "Humanum" conference (mis-named "Humanus" by the above author) is huge --- and something you'll not see in the secular press (link)

[metmom]

The not equal sign is & # 8800 with no spaces between.