See how the president sits facing the pope’s desk.
Shades of Henry IV and Gregory VII, 1077.
A fanciful allusion which a certain kind of person can’t quite resist.
The pope and the president, a Canossa moment?
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Jim Bowman covered religion 1968-78 for the Chicago Daily News, since then has written books, articles, etc., mostly on corporate history but also on religion (Company Man: My Jesuit Life, 1950-1968), and more recently on politics (Illinois Blues: How the Ruling Party Talks to Voters -- Lulu.com, Kindle). Longtime Oak Park, Illinois, resident, he lives now on Chicago's North Side, where four of his and Winnie's six children live close by. View all posts by Jim Bowman
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