UNITED STATES
National Survivor Advocates Coalition
Before we get to the smoking moment that heralds the one man standing on a balcony and the cascading cavalcade of comment about him begins, we think this small of space of time should be reserved for mirrors.
The mirrors that 115 men looked into this morning.
One hundred and fifteen faces of men ranging in age from 55 to 80 were reflected back to Cardinal electors as day broke across the EternalCity.
As they looked into their own eyes, we wonder if there was honesty in the moment.
If there had been, we think the circle of them concelebrating in St. Peter’s Basilica would be smaller than it was and the number of them chanting the Litany of the Saints and entering into the Sistine Chapel today would be less, considerably less than 115.
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