The Pope Checks His Watch

Last updated on: March 20, 2013 at 5:00 am by Kathryn Jean Lopez

The Pope Checks His Watch 2013-03-20T05:00:07-05:00 Kathryn Jean Lopez

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Rome — People have fairly widely noticed the new pope kissing babies, stopping for the disabled, and giving a thumbs-up. Did you notice, too, that he checked his watch as he was processing out of St. Peter’s for Mass on Tuesday? The message I took from it was: Respect people’s time. The solemnity, the pomp and circumstance, is important, but people have been lined up all morning — yes, to see the pope, and he did what he could, starting early, to make sure as many people as possible might get to greet him (albeit often behind Ipad screens … ahem) before Mass — to pray the Mass with the Holy Father. Let that be the heart of the matter. Let’s get moving.

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