PopeWatch was having a good morning. He had made good progress on his paperwork. Several files had been closed. The phones were quiet. No clients had wandered in without appointments. It was good, too good to last.
His phone buzzed. There is a gentleman waiting out here in a costume. He has no appointment but he asks to see you.
PopeWatch made his way to the reception room. A Lieutenant of the Swiss Guards saluted him. PopeWatch returned the salute, awkward from decades of disuse of that gesture.
PopeWatch:Â You are a long way from Rome my friend.
Swiss Guard:Â Sir, do I have the honor of addressing PopeWatch?
PopeWatch:Â I am PopeWatch.
Swiss Guard:Â I have been personally instructed by his Holiness to put into your hands this document.
And with that the Swiss Guard handed PopeWatch a large envelope.
PopeWatch:Â Come back to the library so I can have a look at this.
In the library PopeWatch put on his spectacles, broke the seal of the envelope and pulled out a large document.
PopeWatch read the document.
PopeWatch:Â This summons me to Rome.
    TO BE CONTINUED
How bizarre.
I didn’t even know he died.
Oh well. You being summoned to Rome is good.
We will keep a look out for white smoke.
When it comes to be, and you make your way to the microphone to give your first public address to the Church, what name will you have chosen for yourself?
Pope James Tiberius Kirk might work? Well. Pray over it.
🙂
“The Summons”:
Don’t go! It’s a trap!
How many vaccinations required? Was it signed “Benedict” ? Guy, Texas