Because the United States is now pretty much a secular nation, the Pope Leo-President Trump story is largely misunderstood and, in some cases, being exploited.  People are taking sides even though they don’t understand what’s really going on.  Not good.

This week, I received a letter from a guy in Pennsylvania which is very instructive because it reflects a rather common point of view.

“Bill, here we go again, sticking our nose in someone else’s affairs.  Do we know for sure that Iran will definitely use a nuclear bomb?  What we should have said is if they use nuclear weapons, Iran would be totally destroyed.”