The title is a line from Hamlet: Act 2 Scene 2. Polonius asks Hamlet what he reads, and Hamlet replies by saying the same word three times. “Words, words, words.” I mention that because I am going to talk specifically about some men and their books, and the power of those books and the words contained within them.

The Roman Catholic Church now has a new Pope. This new Pope, Francis I, is the leader of 1.2 billion Roman Catholics all around the world. There was a time when the authority of the Pope was absolute, but now the Pope no longer commands an army, as was the case in the past, and people have had more than enough of all the child sexual abuse from priests.