Oh, Lord, Have Mercy

Every leader stamps the organization he or she leads with his or her own unique personality. It matters little if that organization is a global superpower or a girls' softball team. When the organization in question is the two-thousand-year-old Catholic Church, the leader's personality not only reaches every corner of earth but also touches the edges of eternity. If we want to pluck the chords that produce the melody of the pope's personality, we must learn what tugs at Pope Francis's heartstrin