http://www.bloggernews.net/123490 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Sun, 27 May 2012 16:56:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.bloggernews.net/123490#comment-1480995 Brad Miner Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:13:39 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/123490#comment-1480995 This makes perfect sense yet may be a bad idea. My fear is that using the sedia would send an unintended reactionary message - that it would drive people away from the Church rather than draw them to it. JPII managed - with difficulty - to get by without being carried aloft, and B16 has done so as well. Both ably emphasized the pope's connection with the People of God. Better security will protect the pope, and an infirm pope slumped in a sedia and held high will help nobody. This makes perfect sense yet may be a bad idea. My fear is that using the sedia would send an unintended reactionary message - that it would drive people away from the Church rather than draw them to it. JPII managed - with difficulty - to get by without being carried aloft, and B16 has done so as well. Both ably emphasized the pope’s connection with the People of God. Better security will protect the pope, and an infirm pope slumped in a sedia and held high will help nobody.

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