Bishop John Spong

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    His breast was deep and white,
    cold and caressable;
    his eyes were red glass,
    much to be desired.
    —Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)

    Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressiveness that spares no one.... The challenge that is already with us is the temptation to accept as true freedom what in reality is only a new form of slavery.
    —Pope John Paul II (b. 1920)