POPE FRANCISCO

Pope captures hard truth: American Catholics destined to be ‘politically homeless’

(John L. Allen Jr. Crux)

For a pontiff often seen as having a chip on his shoulder about the U.S. – and, let’s face it, that impression isn’t entirely without merit – in his recent comments on the “lesser of two evils” vis-à-vis the Trump/Harris race, Pope Francis nonetheless seemed to channel his inner American fairly well