An OPEN LETTER to … Pope Leo XIV …

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Your Holiness:

They’re goin’ to try, but don’t you dare let them.

You’re above the pettiness, the name-calling, the look-at-me profanity, and the game playing that amounts to nothing but selfishness and zero for the people paying the bills.

You have better fish to multiply. It may be appear like those Democrats and these Republicans just need a good talking to. Ya know, like 536 “Meet Jesus” conversations that could make more sense than the 10 Commandments all wrapped up into one – “Don’t be a bad person.” But that’s not the case.

See, they appear like the puppies in the window, right? All cute and just in need of some love and compassion, right? But then you take them home and inevitably remove your eyes from them and POW!! All the pillows are destroyed, the legs on the furniture are gnarled, there’s crap all over the carpets, and the culprits simply pretend their innocence.

We congratulate you, Your Holiness, and we’ll pray for you as you address this world that’s full of Commandment breakers from one corner to the next crevasse, but here in the United States we can only ask you to lead by your example so maybe the across-the-aisle splitballing scoundrels will pause and finally pray for peace.

Yes, we need a miracle.

Respectfully Yours,

Ducking (and Praying) in the Middle

Steve Novotney
Steve Novotney
Steve Novotney has been a professional journalist for 33 years, working in print for weekly, daily, and bi-weekly publications, writing for a number of regional and national magazines, host baseball-related talks shows on Pittsburgh’s ESPN, and as a daily, all-topics talk show host in the Wheeling and Steubenville markets since 2004. Novotney is the co-owner, editor, and co-publisher of LEDE News, and is the host of “Novotney Now,” a daily program that airs Monday-Friday from 3-6 p.m. on River Talk 100.1 & 100.9 FM.

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