I claim Catholicism to be my base religion.
As Thich Nhat Hanh said, stay with your roots.
He stressed, it is very important to stay with your roots.
That is what I found myself doing.
I stay with my roots, which is the faith I was born into.
However, I do not stay very involved with the physical Church.
Not at all.
That said, a Pope still means very much to me.
I related to the compassion and mercy of Pope Francis.
And wanted another Pope like him.
I was on youtube when I saw the smoke is white, we have a Pope.
It was a name I did not know or recognized.
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost.
He takes the name Pope Leo XIV.
I found myself crying.
So deeply moved, I was crying.
And found that baffling.
Then I discovered why.
His spirit resonates with me.
Somehow, I feel a connection with him.
For one crazy moment.
I knew if I wrote to him.
He will reply.
And then I dismissed the thought.
Who am I but a very ordinary person.
I like the look of him.
I do not want any of those intransigent figures.
Where the name, reputation of the Church means more than the person.
Where rules and laws mean more than the person.
I had gone through all that.
Suffered through all that as a nun.
I do not need it again.
I do not want it again.
It is certainly not the teachings of Jesus.
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