Eighth anniversaries aren’t special. Neither are administrative circulars. Normally, I wouldn’t bother thinking about either, let alone writing about them – unless the anniversary was mine, in which case, it’s chocolates and roses all around, and book that reservation Da Valentino (our favorite neighborhood trattoria when we lived right in the middle of things)! – but these aren’t normal times and these haven’t been a normal eight years.
So, about that circular -- the one saying private Masses at side altars in St. Peter’s Basilica are banned as of March 22nd -- let me go on record as saying I hope it’s a fake, because it’s too silly for words.
