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Cut out this dime-store psychoanalysis and work with me. I don't work with nine-year-old boys. === I wanted you to know. -Know what? That I loved your homily. -That's not enough! Because it's not enough to just love it, you also need to perceive it. === What truly made our church great? Fear or tolerance? What can we learn from the history of our Church? How great was the papal state when fear among nations was part of our DNA? How small did we become, how greatly our influence declined, when we decided to yield. === Have you ever considered becoming the pope yourself? -No. A pope needs to inspire trust. I inspire the opposite. === Lenny doesn't want my help. He just wants me to approve of his mistakes. -That's what every son wants from their fathers. So summon him and withhold your approval. That's what all good fathers do with their sons.