DEAR SOPHIA,

WHEN THE CHRIST WAS ASKED BY PONTIUS PILATE IF HE WAS A KING ON EARTH, HE REPLIED RENDER UNTO CAESAR WHAT IS CAESAR’S. THIS WAS A VERY CLEVER ANSWER. POPE LEO SHOULD REMEMBER THAT. WHAT THE CURRENT POPE IS DISCUSSING HIGHLIGHTS VERY BRIGHTLY ONE OF THE MAJOR DIVISIONS BETWEEN A LATIN CHURCH AND THE GREEK CHURCH. POPES AND PATRIARCH’S SHOULD NOT INDULGE IN POLITICAL SPHERES. A GOOD EXAMPLE WAS ALSO SET BY POPE JOHN PAUL II. EVEN WITH POLAND THE POPE THEN ACTED BEHIND THE SCENES AND NOT IN THE FOREFRONT. THE WORLD WILL NOW UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE “CHICAGO WAY” IF THIS POPE CONTINUES TO FORGET WHAT CHRIST SAID TO PONTIUS PILATE.

THIS IS WHY OUR CHURCH MIGHT ACTUALLY MAKE GAINS POLITICALLY WITH THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE OUR CHURCH UNDERSTANDS HOW SOFT POWER IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN HARSH RHETORIC.

STAY CLOSE TO THE CHURCH, YOU WILL LEARN MUCH FROM IT.

143

LOVE,

DAD