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John Robson: Why Are So Many Non-Catholics Fascinated With the Catholic Church?

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John Robson: Why Are So Many Non-Catholics Fascinated With the Catholic Church?
Pope Francis leaves after his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on Dec. 27, 2023. AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino
John Robson
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Pope Francis is dead. May he rest in peace. But his Church lives on, as does a strange fascination with it on the part of people who are not Roman Catholics or remotely sympathetic. Thus, the New York Sun emailed, “Why So Many Non-Catholics Will Be Watching This Conclave.” So what is it about the successors to Saint Peter that so fascinates the successors to Pontius Pilate?

John Robson
John Robson
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John Robson is a documentary filmmaker, National Post columnist, senior fellow at the Aristotle Foundation, contributing editor to the Dorchester Review, and executive director of the Climate Discussion Nexus. His most recent documentary is “The Environment: A True Story.”