World’s End Update. The “Last Things” According to Francis, who reduces them drastically.

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By a Pope’s words ye shall know him.

Which in Francis’ case is unsettling, if not scary.

We might call it pastoral run wild. In any case, he is defining presumed eternal truths down.

In which case, like Kansas City, “Oklahoma” version, he’s gone about as far as he can go.

What next?

Published by Jim Bowman

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.

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