A picture is worth a thousand words

June 17, 2014

A fascinating article on Cardinal Bertone. Thank God for Pope Francis. I don't think he was admiring Bertone's smokin' shades.

Cathleen Kaveny is the Darald and Juliet Libby Professor in the Theology Department and Law School at Boston College.

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