and in being that soul leader, the one person in the world who s more visible than any other leader. the church is a communion, it s a family, the pope is the father of that family, we re together in that sense, very strong sense of crossing cultures, crossing national lines, the family of the church. at the same time, there s something very singular about the pope. he symbolizes the unity of the church, that singularity is important. you mentioned infallibility which is widely misunderstood. the pope knows the future. what it means simply is, when the pope speaks from his teaching chair, on a central matter of faith and morals, he cannot be in error. because he knows who jesus is, he s grounded in jesus. probably, it s interpreted too widely and that s how people