The Poor Pope
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Original in Spanish
It is heavy. So heavy that I don’t think there is a heavier office in the world than that of Pope. First, because of the very nature of the office: being God’s representative in a world that lives for the devil must be extremely tiring. Second, because one is Pope for all the Catholic peoples of the earth, so one has to visit every country and repeat the same things in every language. And third, to top it all off, because it is an office for life. Pope until death? It is poetic, on the one hand; but very hard on the other. I think the Pope should hand over the office when he feels worn out by old age and illness. After all, he is human. He could, if he wished, live out his last days in peace.