Reflections on the Pope

The Pope (that would be the titular head of the Roman Catholic Church, in case you were wondering) visited Washington, D.C. this week. He caused, as you might expect, all the fawning and chaos of any visiting dignitary, but while I was generally avoiding his holiness's presence, I did catch a rerun of him leaving the mass at Nationals Park and only had one thought: How much of a political animal do you have to be to survive long enough to become Pope?

Which, of course, spurred another thought. How sad is it that the head of the Church is a politician.