Xvi turned 86 yesterday and, the pope spoke in his homily about the mystery of evil and how it drags us down and, despite the progress humanity has made, is still subject to terrible catastrophes. and the message was simple, in the end, we need god and he draws us upwards and the crowd as usual for palm sunday was huge, and st. peter's square was overflowing with italians and pilgrims from all over the world who come here for easter and were blessed with a wonderful, spring day in rome, as well. and, finally, greg, this is interesting, sort of the start of a triple-eder for pope benedict xvi. ...