David Quinn
Pope Francis greets Albanian Cardinal Ernest Simoni at the end of his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican February 14, 2024. Photo: CNS /Vatican Media. Last week I met a man who was sentenced to death twice and subjected to multiple beatings and torture. He did 18 years hard labour in a mine in brutal, often freezing conditions, and then another ten years clearing sewage from canals. That man was Cardinal Ernest Simoni, an Albanian priest who turns 98 next…
