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“Cardinal Gemme and Cardinal Jung had squared off early and were still throwing dogma and precedents at each other, seconded or decried by about thirty of their fellows. None of them admitted they were waiting for word from China.
Charles, Cardinal Mendosa did not find this bickering amusing, and, after an hour of it, had left for his own quarters. He admitted being restless, though he was utterly convinced that Zhuang Renxin would agree to reign as Pope. He knelt at his prie-dieu, making no effort to block the visions that had crowded his mind all day. It was a relief to experience them, for denying their existence was a greater strain than perceiving them. Even the one vision that troubled him the most, that ended in confusion and tremendous light, did not upset him this evening. He whispered, “‘Lord, now let Thy servant depart in peace,” taking great comfort in the familiar plea. The tranquil Asian face surmounted by the Papal tiara filled his thoughts. Catholics, he observed as... he prayed, were about to meet their Confucius—or Buddha.MoreLess
Charles, Cardinal Mendosa did not find this bickering amusing, and, after an hour of it, had left for his own quarters. He admitted being restless, though he was utterly convinced that Zhuang Renxin would agree to reign as Pope. He knelt at his prie-dieu, making no effort to block the visions that had crowded his mind all day. It was a relief to experience them, for denying their existence was a greater strain than perceiving them. Even the one vision that troubled him the most, that ended in confusion and tremendous light, did not upset him this evening. He whispered, “‘Lord, now let Thy servant depart in peace,” taking great comfort in the familiar plea. The tranquil Asian face surmounted by the Papal tiara filled his thoughts. Catholics, he observed as... he prayed, were about to meet their Confucius—or Buddha.MoreLess
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