The agony and the ecstasy Admin Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Papal politics, maybe more than even presidential politics, is about personalities as much as issues – about picking not just a world leader but a good and holy man to be the pastor of more than a billion souls. © 2023 The Catholic Thing. All rights reserved. For reprint rights, write to: [email protected] The Catholic Thing is a forum for intelligent Catholic commentary. Opinions expressed by writers are solely their own.