It's been some years now
when I was a quite young man.
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My father took
us on a world tour
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on our way back to Australia,
and we stopped in at Rome.
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And as you must do
when you go to Rome,
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you go to St. Peter's,
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which is
admittedly a great edifice
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of all of those in the world
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to be admired as
an edifice, if not.
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And I think not
as what it represents
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from a religious perspective.
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But I'll never forget going
into that edifice at a time
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when they had a mass.
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And the present pope,
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about four popes back
was there with the mass,
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and as they carried him
out on a great palanquin
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drawn by many
people swaying in unison,
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that he waved in regally
and the flash bulbs went off
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and it was like the midday sun.
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You know, that was
then, back then it was quaint.
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Now, a more trendy pope
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has the world
wondering after him.
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And now, US presidents
come and bring of their sins
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and acknowledgement
of the great moral leader
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that he's become.
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This is fine and allowable,
but is this prophetic?
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For Liberty Insider,
this is Lincoln Steed.
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