THE SEE IS VACANT
Pope Francis is dead. These are words I have expected to write for a long time. Despite a pontificate filled with actions that to me ranged from the merely nasty to the bordering-upon-heretical, it brings me no pleasure to write them. I can only pray that God will have mercy upon the soul of the late pontiff, as I hope He shall have it upon mine. But if this action brings me no joy, it saddens me that it does not really sadden me either.