Doctors have prescribed a wheelchair, cane and physiotherapy for Pope Francis’ bad knee. He met a group of Mexican seminarians who told him that they admired his courage in moving about in the face of such pain. The Holy Father told them what he really needed was “a shot of tequila”. When I woke up this morning, I felt a searing pain in both my knees!
Jokes aside, ‘a shot of tequila’ exemplifies the Holy Father’s practical approach to religious issues. Right from the inception of his papacy in 2013, he has had pragmatic views on Holy Communion for married again Catholics, LGBT issues, ordination of women etc. Pope Francis is perhaps a hundred years ahead of his time.
