Goes like this, says Maureen Malarkey:
You just slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don’t need to be coy, Roy
Just listen to me
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don’t need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free.
Paul Simon, Fifty Ways to Leave Your LoverThe pope, too, has a pen and a phone. Has Francis’ motu proprio trumped the Synod? Or handicapped conservatives? Hard to say. But one thing now is certain: Marriage is indissoluble except when it is not. Put another way, indissolubility is revealed to be more soluble than we had previously understood.
Blithe Spirit 
Clever reminder of how slippery is the “glue” of marriage when society and the Church don’t reinforce its indissolubility.
We’ve had very bad popes in the past when the secular state exercised too much influence in their selection, but have we ever had one who flirted with secular values so openly? Isn’t he the last line of defense against the world, the flesh and the devil?
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“Flirted with secular values”: Nicely said.
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