-The other Benedict-

If there was any way I could evade an army of Swiss guardsmen and sneak into the new pope's office, I'd have a wonderful opener:

"So, from one Benedict to another, how about we start correcting some of those persistent problems?"

A recurring fantasy I have, separating entrenched world leaders from underlings, cronies, and sycophants, to deliver a realistic world view. It always drives them first to tears, and then to their windows, where they instruct a street urchin to run to the butcher and fetch a roast goose for Bob Cratchett.