It's clear the Pope doesn't want me for a friend.  He could not have made it clearer -- again and again.  I'm one of those judgmental rigorists and Pharisees, according to him.  The Pope has a curious conception of his pastoral office.  If you agree with him, you're worthy of mercy, tolerance, and good will.  If you disagree, you get silence, disdain, or insults.  So you need to explain to the Pope, not to me, that we're all his "friends."