What a telling contrast between two photographs in your current issue (23 August). The first, on page 9, shows Pope Francis, smiling tenderly, his hand on the shoulder of an elderly Korean woman in a wheelchair. She clasps his other hand in hers, smiling up at him. The second, on page 24, shows Cardinal Filoni allowing his hand to be kissed by an Iraqi refugee. The one a Prince of the Church; the other a pastor of his flock. The one, unwittingly, demonstrating what we need to get away from; the
28 August 2014, The Tablet
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