Sandro Magister: Vatican secretary of state Pietro Parolin and his substitute Angelo Becciu were raised in the school of Cardinal Agostino Casaroli, a great diplomat at the time of the Soviet empire, and were nuncios in Venezuela and Cuba respectively. They know the country profiles, and Francis seems to adhere diligently to their instructions.

Cardinal Zen About Cardinal Parolin: "He Believes in Diplomacy, Not in Our Faith"
"Neither living nor lifeless faith remains in a heretic who disbelieves one article of faith": Saint Thomas Aquinas
Marie-Julie Jahenny (1850-1941):
“From the height of My Glory, I see eagerly joining that religion, culprit, sacrilege, wicked, in a word that religion similar to Mohamed…I see BISHOPS joining.”
“For earth sake, I will lose a large number of My priests; the faithful will die in their faith, rather than joining that infamous religion.”

A slab of barbecued ribs would have been nice. With a little potato salad and some baked beans, and perhaps some coleslaw.