The Limits of Hope

N AT I O N A L R E V I E W/A P R I L 7, 2008

MY colleague Kate O’Beirne once told me the story of her brief meeting with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican. The O’Beirne family met the pontiff at his private Mass. He chatted pleasantly with her sons about soccer and whatnot, and then moved on to others in the pews.

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Jonah Goldberg

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N AT I O N A L R E V I E W/A P R I L 7, 2008

MY colleague Kate O’Beirne once told me the story of her brief meeting with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican. The O’Beirne family met the pontiff at his private Mass. He chatted pleasantly with her sons about soccer and whatnot, and then moved on to others in the pews.