Pope Francis is suffering from “a painful sciatica.”

As is so often the case with old songs, the middle verses bear the greater load of meaningful content (and are also, incidentally, the first forgotten.)

‘I rediscovered crossword puzzles. A way to feel like I’m putting some pieces in place that stay there.’

‘I found that I was able to live more ‘monastically’ than I had ever thought possible.’

“Covid swept away a number of our distractions and so, at least in principle, allowed us to wrestle with the questions that really matter.”

‘You surrender to what is. Covid taught me this.’