There is an old Spanish expression — “cada muerte de obispo” (“every death of a bishop”) — signifying something which almost never happens. How much more unrepeatable the death of a truly unique Pope. Not that there was anything especially cruel about the manner of his passing – at the age of 88, Francis exactly doubled the longevity of his Assisi namesake with plenty of borrowed time considering that he was already reduced to one lung before John Kennedy became President of the United States. It is rather a divided globe which is the loser from the departure of this constant reminder that this planet is more than the sum of its parts with other worlds beyond.
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