[Gone with the Wind] Flower of Dust

"Why haven't you eaten anything lately?" Mrs. Wilson looked at Christine, whose bowl was still full, after feeding her demented husband.

Christine mashed the mashed potatoes in the bowl with a fork, her face was a little ugly, "I've eaten a little bit recently, mother."

"Is it because of Mr. Smith's death?" Mrs. Wilson also sighed helplessly: "You are already dead, so don't think about your daughter anymore. It's not your fault."

"But I caused it indirectly, mother, and I am burdened with an unprecedented sense of guilt." Christine is not that kind of big and simple woman, in fact she is a person with deep gaps in her heart, so some things don't matter. It's not as easy to forget as ordinary people, it's the same with conscience, and it's the same with feelings.

"Then what are you going to do?" Mrs. Wilson scooped out a spoonful of mushroom soup and stuffed it into her mouth.

"Mother, I plan to sell this shop, and the money I get will give you, mother and brother to live in the north for a while." Christine thought about this matter for a long time, and she looked at her mother seriously.

Mrs. Wilson was taken aback, "Going to the north? We came to the south just to avoid debts. Wouldn't it be like a tiger's mouth to go back?"

"No, mother, listen to me. The north and the south are about to go to war. The south cannot defeat the north. Charleston is the first place that cannot be kept. We must go to the north to avoid being attacked by the flames of war."

She knew that it was almost 1861 and the Civil War was about to begin.In the Civil War, the South was obviously having a hard time both during the war and when the state was rebuilt after the war. For this reason, they could not stay in the South, they had to go back to the North.

Mrs. Wilson had lingering fears, "But we went to the north, where are we going? Once we step into the northern continent, we may face the risk of debt collection. Where can we take us?"

"Church, mother, we can go to the Catholic church in Philadelphia, the church will protect us, and I figured out, how long can we hide from debt? I have to go out and earn money to pay off the debt we owe, we can't hide forever debt."

At this moment, Johnny suddenly jumped out and said, "Then how do you plan to make money to pay off the debt? That's a lot of money, and what we eat in the church, the church won't provide us with food."

Christine stared at him in disgust, "I said I would sell this shop, and the money I got would be enough for you to eat for a while, and after I return to the north to meet you, I will Find a way to go out and make money."

Johnny and Mrs. Wilson looked at Christine in surprise at the same time, "What? Aren't you going with us?"

Christine covered her heart with her hands, and shook her head, "I'm going to the Vatican, Italy for the time being, but I'll be back to meet you soon."

Mrs. Wilson touched Christine's shoulder with her hand and rubbed it lightly, "Are you going to the Holy See? Why go all the way to the Holy See? There are Catholic churches everywhere, unless you want to see the Holy See (the Holy See). call)."

Christine tightly held the Catholic cross on her chest, on which the crucified Jesus was crucified, as if this could calm her heart, "Two years ago, I listened to the hadith and holy words of His Excellency Cardinal in the Holy See, and now But I messed up the matter, I killed the black peasants and slaves who were supposed to be liberated by me, so I must go to the Holy See to repent and confess to Your Excellency the Cardinal, otherwise I will not be able to have peace of mind."

"Ah...that His Excellency the Cardinal." Mrs. Wilson always remembered that His Excellency the Cardinal. He was such a man full of independence and divinity. He was quiet, sharp-eyed, handsome and friendly, Elegant but not aloof, there is always a compassionate temperament in his eyes.

This is a man who will be remembered by everyone, except that he belongs to no one and will not belong to anyone. He belongs to God.

From childhood, Catholic believers know one thing, never fall in love with any Catholic clergy, they are priests, and they only belong to God.

Because of the strict hierarchy of Catholic officials, all clergy are not allowed to marry or fall in love. They have no personal love, only great love, and that great love belongs to God.

This is different from Protestantism (called Christianity in heaven and court). Protestant priests are called priests, and priests can fall in love, marry and have children.

Mrs. Wilson looked at her daughter, "You can go to church for confession and confession, but just remember to keep your heart. We will wait for you to come back at the Catholic Church in Philadelphia."

"Thank you mother, thank you for your understanding."

"And when shall we start?" asked Mrs. Wilson.

Christine thought for a while, "It will be fine soon, because my store has already found a new home, so I will start packing things."

Mrs. Wilson didn't say anything, but only said, "I hope you can let go of your heart."

Christine looked at her for a long time before she nodded, "Mother, I know what you mean."

Afterwards, she started to pack her things, intending to clean up the shop.

She needs to repent, and her repentance is not only for Smith, but also for His Excellency Cardinal, because she once listened to the hadith in the crowd and promised to do her best to save black people in suffering, but she broke her promise Well, it wouldn't be a complete confession without a confession from His Excellency the Cardinal himself, because she was also ashamed of the hadith of His Excellency the Cardinal.

This stubbornness may be due to the fact that His Excellency Cardinal is such a different existence in her heart.She didn't want to disappoint His Excellency the Cardinal in anything.

She always remembered that man, with blond hair, unsmiling, reticent, cool and elegant eyebrows, his face seemed to be a royal family who came out of the British aristocracy.

He wears a bishop's crown with intricate embroidery and a cardinal uniform that all priests yearn for. The innermost part is a red foot-length gown, a white knee-length smock in the middle, and a large red shawl outside. with a cross suspended from a red striped rope.

His whole body was warmed by the dazzling red color, but she knew that his heart was hot, for God, for the majority of believers, and for Catholicism.

Six years ago, when she was a child, there was a fierce military conflict between the north and the south of the United States, and a large-scale war had been triggered in the war zone, but in the war zone, there was a small-scale children's shelter, and there were still people who had not left the war area children.

But no one cares about that, the war has already started.

At that time, Cardinal Perrin was still a priest. He happened to be here at the border between the north and the south. For the sake of those children, he went directly to the commander in the war zone, hoping that they could cease fire for a day and let the children in the war zone come out.

The theater commander said, "Father, it's useless for us to cease fire. The other side doesn't stop firing!"

Perrin did not continue to force the theater commander, but he would not give up any life in front of him. He said, "If this is the case, then I will go."

Then, alone, he set foot on the area where the war ignited.

He walked into the war zone, ignoring the bombardment around him, and only walked towards the shelter. In the end, his saintly behavior was respected by both sides. The two sides even consciously ceased fire for half a day, and did not open fire until Perrin took the children out of the war zone. .

At that time, Christine was among the group of children who were rescued.

She came to the border area with her father's business, but because her irresponsible brother lost herself, she followed a large number of refugee children to the war zone.

She was 14 years old at the time, and she looked at Perrin and really felt that the greatest saint in the world would not surpass him.

No matter how many times I recalled this incident, it was thrilling and unparalleled, and every detail of it was enough to impress Christine for several years.

Wearing a black priest's uniform, he opened the door and walked in. He said few words but made every sentence to the point. When he spoke, his eyes were cold but concerned. He couldn't tolerate anyone in his eyes because his heart was full of great love.

His serious but compassionate eyes moved Christine.

That seemingly indifferent but passionate priest, because of him, since then, Christine has become an unusually devout Catholic, in order to repay the ardor she received.

Since then, she has traveled to the Vatican every few years just to see him again in person.

Sure enough, she was right about the wrong person. In just a few years, he had been promoted all the way, and soon became His Excellency the Cardinal under one person.

Christine's feelings for him are very subtle, a kind of feeling that she knows she shouldn't like, so she can boldly and unscrupulously dream of fantasies.

Because you know it's impossible.

Because any priests of the Catholic Church cannot have affection between men and women.

That man belongs to God, and he can only love God.

Dreaming of him is a trouble-free and very labor-saving thing—

Because knowing is impossible.

The author has something to say: Thank you Ou Qi for mine~

So let me explain again, Catholicism and Protestantism (our countrymen like to call it Christianity) are two different beliefs.However, Protestantism split off from Catholicism, such as the Russian Orthodox Church, the British New Church, Protestantism, etc. Many branches were separated from Catholicism in those years.

Protestantism is also called Martin Lutheran, because it was Martin Luther who rewrote the teachings.

Why did the Catholic Church split into so many branches... The reason is that many people think Catholicism is too annoying. From his class setting, it can be seen that he is the pope, the cardinal, the bishop, and the bishop. Father, Martin Luther felt that everyone believed in God, so how could there be an equal division... and he even practiced celibacy!It's against humanity!So Protestantism (Christianity) has only one priest, and they can get married.Of course there are many other reasons.

Most people in modern America believe in Protestantism, and there are relatively few Catholics. Places like Ireland and Italy are basically Catholic.Catholicism and Protestantism (Christianity) are completely different from the cross to the shape and interior of the church. Generally, a simple cross is Protestantism, and a Jesus is crucified on it is Catholicism.

The Vatican is a country, located in Italy, with a small area and a city within a city. It is the center of the Catholic world. The population of the Vatican is only a few hundred people, all of whom are priests. The Pope (Pope) is the boss of the Vatican.Home to the largest Catholic church in the world, the Vatican is a tourist attraction.

The Vatican had a lot of power in the Middle Ages. At that time, the Pope was more powerful than the emperor... I don’t know if you have heard of the "Crusades". Back then, the Catholic world and the Islamic world were at odds. The Pope With a wave of his hand, people from most European countries spontaneously formed the Crusaders to fight against the Islamic people... This is something that the kings of every country cannot do, but the Pope can do it...

However, with the continuous development of modern civilization, countries have basically become secular, and theocracy and secular rights have basically been separated. The influence of the Pope on the secular world will no longer be the same as before.

What I said above is based on the memory and thoughts in my mind, and I haven’t checked any information. It may not be correct. You can point it out and I will change it.

☆, Chapter 13

"Mother, there are people outside."

Early in the morning, Johnny saw a well-dressed man with high manners standing outside. He was wearing a suede coat, with his hands in his big pockets, and a cigar in his mouth, as if tasting Looking at all the beautiful things in the morning mist.

Rhett knew that Christine was not at home at this time, so he chose to come here at this time. To be honest, getting up early really made him very troubled, and everyone wanted to hide under the covers for a while.

Johnny invited Rhett in, and Rhett brought a basket of grapes as a gift, and Mrs. Wilson also personally entertained Rhett. Although something like Smith happened, Mrs. Wilson still did not believe that Rhett would be such a person , she thought there must be a misunderstanding, and it was Christine who misunderstood Mr. Rhett Butler. She said, "Mr. Butler, I didn't know you came so early, it was..."

Rhett took off his top hat, bent down and bowed to Mrs. Wilson, "Madam, I think you have misunderstood me about Smith, and I have investigated the matter clearly."

Afterwards, Reid roughly talked about the matter with Mrs. Wilson, and took out a document that had been filed with the police officer, "This is after I reported the case to Smith as a black slave, and the police officer processed it. Evidence, they searched Hanks' home for the equipment he used to whip and kill Smith, so... If you can appreciate it, Ma'am, please also tell Miss Wilson my explanation."

Mrs. Wilson was not very surprised, she knew she would not misunderstand the person, she thought that this matter had nothing to do with Rhett, "I will." Mrs. Wilson has a kind heart, which is different from Mrs. Butler Very similar, the two old ladies are not caring people, they are kind people.

She said, "I'll show her when she gets back, I know you didn't do this."

Rhett saw the trust in the old lady's eyes, which made him very relieved, even his biological father had never trusted him so much, and then Rhett said: "I heard that Miss Wilson sold this shop , are you planning to leave Charleston?"

"Yes, we're going back to Philadelphia."

"It's such a pity." Reid's tone was full of inexplicable emotions, and he seemed a little bit reluctant and regretful, "Anyway, Smith's incident was also caused by my negligence. I want to have a chance to make up for my apology to you, but now it seems that I have no chance, so why not."

After finishing speaking, Reid took out a check from the inside pocket of his jacket, "Mrs. Wilson, this is a check I wrote, which can be drawn at any bank in the United States. In order to express my apology, I hope you can accept it." , can be regarded as my apology to Smith."

In fact, this is just a set of rhetoric. For Rhett, Smith is not interested in whether Smith is alive or dead, but he knows that Christine is short of funds. It is true that there is a shortage of money in the short term, but Reid knew that the Wilson family would definitely not accept the direct payment of money to their family, so he thought of a way of saying.

But in the end, it was because he wanted to help Christine, he didn't want her to have a hard time.So he avoided Christine and negotiated directly with Mrs. Wilson.

But what he didn't expect was that the character of the Wilson family is indeed admirable. Not only did Mrs. Wilson not accept the money, but she also said very gently: "No, how can we accept such a precious thing? We have no reason. Originally We should also thank you. After all, you helped Smith. Although everyone didn’t want to see the final result, it turned out that all of this was done by others to frame you, so my daughter Christine’s attitude towards you should be I apologize to you."

Rhett thought that what kind of mother there is, there will be what kind of daughter.

It is precisely because of such a kind-hearted and noble mother that there is such a kind-hearted and responsible daughter.

He was very grateful for Mrs. Wilson's trust. He was ready to be kicked out, but he didn't expect this to happen.

He will not insist on giving a check to Mrs. Wilson anymore, because that would be the real insult to this noble woman. He obediently withdrew the check, bowed deeply, and his eyes were full of admiration, "In that case, Then I won't insist anymore, but I hope Mrs. Wilson, you can write down an address and write to me at any time. If there is anything, I will help you solve it immediately. It is a pleasure to know you .”

"Of course," Mrs. Wilson nodded, "Thank you for being so enthusiastic. Come on, I'll let my son remember it."

At this time, Johnny, who was silent on the side, began to write down the address dictated by Rhett.

Then Rhett didn't stay long, and soon he left politely.

But when he walked out of the house, Johnny called Rhett behind him, "Mr. Butler."

Rhett looked back at him, "Mr. Wilson."

Johnny smiled at him cheekily, "I want to say—my mother is rather rigid and stubborn, but if you insist on giving our family some help, I can accept it for my mother..."

The meaning of the words was clear, and Rhett saw greed in Johnny's eyes.

But he didn't hesitate, anyway, the money was originally intended to be given to the Wilson family, no matter who it was given to, as long as it could help their family, so Rhett simply took out the check and stuffed it into Johnny's hand.

Johnny's eyes were ecstatic. He hadn't seen such a large amount for a long, long time.

Rhett did not continue to stay, so he left.

Soon, Christine came back.

Mrs. Wilson roughly told Christine about the matter, and told her that the police officer had already found out the ins and outs of the matter. It was Hanks who took revenge on Rhett, first framed him, tortured Smith, and killed Smith, which aroused him and Christine to retaliate. The contradiction, although Christine does not know the reason for Hanks to do so.

Christine misunderstood Red.

Mrs. Wilson said, "Go and write a letter of apology to Mr. Butler."

"Mother, I see."

She would write him an apology letter.

Mrs. Wilson said obsessively: "Hey, I just think he is a rare and reliable man I saw. I thought you could develop."

development of?

Christine laughed inwardly.

That man didn't want to develop a good relationship with a woman at all, he just wanted to find a lover, a lover who could meet his temporary emotional and physical needs.

His attitude of chasing feelings is unrestrained, dissolute and reckless, and he is not a person with a sense of morality and family values.

She doesn't think such a man is worth entrusting for life.

Mrs. Wilson looked at Christine with a little regret, "I don't have much hope in this life, but I hope you can find a good home, and I think Mr. Butler is a man who respects women, and such Only when a man gets married can he find love."

Christine was a little disdainful of her mother's remarks. She started to clean up the house and put an apron around her body, "Mom, you and your father have been married for more than 20 years. Do you think you understand love?"

Mrs. Wilson choked on this sentence. She suddenly found that her description of love was very vague, and she didn't know how to describe it.

Christine turned around, began to peel a potato in her hand, but her tone was transparent, "Mother, I dare say you have been married for more than 20 years, and you still don't know what love is. In fact, most people are like this, and they may still not understand after being married for a lifetime.”

She paused, and continued: "Women always like to regard their fantasies as real, and then regard the burned embers as raging fire, especially in marriage, but I don't want to live with fantasy and embers. lifetime."

Mrs. Wilson's heart tightened, "You mean you don't plan to get married? I don't understand what you mean by fantasy and what are embers. I only know that life is reality."

"The reality is that most men don't respect women nowadays. They think women are facades and vases. They spend a lot of money on perfumes. In order to mark their own marks on women, they give women necklaces just because they think necklaces are A collar, the more it is around a woman's neck, the stronger it will be."

After speaking, she got up and began to shred the potatoes.

Mrs. Wilson was a little confused by what Christine said. She had never thought about such a deep thing. She only knew what women should do and what men should do. Now that her daughter said that, she suddenly felt that her daughter There is too much difference between her ideas and the ideas of most women in society.

Mrs. Wilson said, "Are you going to marry anyway? How can a woman do without a man?"

"I don't know, mother, I've said all I have to say, maybe I will, maybe I won't, but it all depends on whether I'll meet a man with whom I'd like to spend my life."

"What if it's His Excellency the Cardinal?" Mrs. Wilson's words inevitably hit the nail on the head, and Christine was almost cut by a knife.

She said vaguely: "I don't understand what you mean, mother."

"You miss him in your heart, do you think I can't see it?"

Christine remained silent, neither wanting to affirm nor deny.

Mrs. Wilson continued: "But I won't restrict my daughter, just do whatever you want, but I have to remind you, don't think about the identity of the other party."

"I never have any delusions. Every thought I have is down-to-earth and real, without any delusions, mother."

"That's good, I know you are a very measured child."

Christine stopped talking, she was measured, she knew what to do and what not to do, she didn't have any extravagant expectations or delusions about His Excellency Cardinal.

His Excellency Cardinal will not be an obstacle to her pursuit of happiness, and how she pursues it will not change at all.

She has some unique yearning for him, just because he is the most perfect man she has ever seen.

It's just that no matter how perfect it is, it doesn't belong to her, it only belongs to God.

She was sober.

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☆, 14

Christine hit the road, alone, on a boat bound for Italy.

After she sold the store, she gave all the money to her mother and brother, and asked them to take the money to Philadelphia.

And Johnny didn't mention at all that he had accepted Rhett's money.

So Christine didn't have much money in her hands. Basically, she only kept travel expenses and food expenses on herself, and gave the rest to her mother.

The sum of money for selling the store is enough for mother, father and brother to spend more than half a year in Philadelphia. She will not stay in Italy for too long. When she finishes her confession and confession, she will immediately return to Philadelphia to earn money.

Because she knew that after more than half a year, when the money was used up, that useless elder brother would definitely start yelling again.

Italy is in Europe, she will go to the port city in the south by carriage first, and then go to Europe by boat.

This is a carriage that pulls goods. The weather is cold and there is nothing to cover her. She has to wrap herself tightly in a cloak when she sits in the back. There is also a turban on her head, covering her face so that she can't see anything except a pair of eyes. .

She didn't bring much food, but she brought two hard-boiled eggs.

She peeled the eggshell and planned to eat one first, but when she was about to eat, the carriage suddenly bumped and stopped.

The peeled egg in Christine's hand accidentally rolled out of her hand and onto the muddy floor.

She immediately jumped out of the carriage and hurried to pick up the egg that fell on the muddy floor. When she picked up the egg, the snow-white egg white was covered with mud.

Looking at the already black potatoes, Christine sighed, and tried to wipe off the dirt on them with her unclean coat, but the effect was mediocre, as the egg whites were still covered with a gray layer.

This made her hesitate a bit, she has never eaten such a dirty egg in her two lifetimes...

If it was before or before time travel, she would have thrown the egg away.

At this time, another older man sitting on the side, dressed in ragged clothes, sneered a few times, "If you don't want to eat, give it to me, I happen to be hungry too."

Christine glanced back at him, and found that the man's eyes were not friendly, and slightly mocking, as if implying that she was hypocritical.

Christine didn't answer, although she hesitated just now, but at this moment she resolutely swallowed the muddy and dusty egg into her mouth, and swallowed it into her stomach without even biting a few times.

Do something big, just eat an egg, this is life, what a hypocrisy.

Then she didn't say anything, and continued to look at the scenery outside.

And on the other side, Butler Manor.

"Red, what are you looking at?"

Rhett was looking at a letter in a daze, he turned his head to look at his mother helplessly, smiled and showed the letter in his hand, "A letter of apology from Miss Wilson, she misunderstood me about Smith's death."

Mrs. Butler sneered contemptuously, she was very dissatisfied to learn that the Wilson family had left Charleston, and she was very displeased without saying a word, "Rhett, that family took your money, and Miss Wilson unexpectedly It's really rude to just walk away without showing any thanks."

Rhett did not deny that Christine's leaving without saying a word did bring him some disappointment.

Mrs. Butler seemed to feel that her son was feeding the dogs all his attention. She said, "Does that Miss Wilson only regard our family as a machine for gaining benefits and preferential treatment? Doesn't she have any gratitude?"

On the contrary, Rhett looked at his mother with a cool smile and said, "Mom, since the person is gone, it's useless for you to say these things."

Mrs. Butler was still distressed, "Oh, I thought I could finally meet a nice girl."

Indeed, Rhett also thought that Christine would at least come to thank him when she received the money, but she didn't express anything, which made Rhett wonder if she really received the money?

But it's useless to say these things now. After Christine left, he might lose part of the fun, but life still had to go on as usual, right?

So he also planned to leave. In fact, he wanted to leave a long time ago, but he stayed for a while because of Christine.

Although he thought he could impress her, get her, conquer her, but there are always two types of people in the world, one is those you can control, and the other is that you cannot control. It seems that Christine belongs to the first class. Two kinds.

After hearing the news that her son was planning to leave Charleston, Mrs. Butler immediately exploded, "What! You're leaving again! Where are you going this time?"

Reid rubbed his nose and said with a wicked smile in his eyes: "It's not necessarily, maybe it's Philadelphia, Chicago, New York in the north, or Britain, Italy, Ireland in Europe, it depends on what goods my orderer needs .”

"It's too dangerous, always running around at sea! And, will you take that whore, Belle?"

Reid smiled helplessly, "Mother, you have never seen Bell, why do you always talk about Bell."

Mrs. Butler pursed her lips in displeasure, "Forget it, Bell has been with you for so many years, so I won't say much, but you know the rules, it's impossible for prostitutes to enter our house."

Rhett was not in a hurry to reverse his mother's prejudice against prostitutes, but he said with some admiration in his tone: "Mother, you have been thinking too much all this time, Bell has never considered coming into our house, she But a very capable and intelligent woman, she will soon be a female boss and open her own business."

He admired Bell's ability and independence, which he didn't see in most women in the South.

He respects Bell very much, they are more like friends than lovers, and he can basically talk to her about business matters, and she will also give her own opinions.

He is willing to protect Bell and treat Bell kindly, because she is his confidant.

Mrs. Butler saw the respect for Bell in her son's words, and naturally she didn't scoff at it. She respected all the people her son respected, because she trusted her son's vision. She said: "In that case, I won't say anything I just hope Belle doesn't keep her whorehouse on our Charleston Avenue."

Rhett broke out into a hearty laugh. "Mother, you are very funny. I don't think she would."

Then, the sound of a carriage came from downstairs, and Mrs. Butler opened the curtain curiously, "What is that?"

Rhett smiled softly, "Mom, your birthday is coming, I specially built a pure white carriage to take you around the town, I will buy you whatever you fancy as a gift, I don't know if you Willing to honor."

Mrs. Butler was a little overjoyed, she didn't expect her son to think about her all the time, "Why bother so much, I don't really look forward to my birthday."

Rhett always misses his rich man's breath from time to time, "I haven't accompanied my mother on her birthday for six years, and this year I must double the compensation. I will wear all the most expensive necklaces in Charleston on my mother's neck. Here, use the most expensive fabrics in the United States to make skirts for mothers, and build the most gorgeous pure white carriages to receive mothers."

Mrs. Butler was overjoyed. With such a filial son, he was naturally generous and fat. She said, "That's good, my son, let's go to town."

Rhett supported Mrs. Butler's wrist and went downstairs.

He really doesn't care about anything here, except his mother and sister.

He loves them.

He has been away from sea all year round, and every time he earns a sum of money, he immediately sends it back to his mother and sister, but the stubborn father never accepts it, so during the years he left Charleston, although he earned a lot of money, but I didn't spend it on my mother and sister.

When he came back this time, he also wanted to make up for them.

He attaches great importance to blood relationship. Nothing in this world is eternal, but only blood relationship is eternal.

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Thank you Miaomiao, a cat, Aqing and Ayin, for mine~

☆, 15

She has finally arrived.

Arrived in Italy.

Italy is a romantic city full of history. Italy and Ireland are the main birthplaces of Catholicism. 9% of Italians believe in Catholicism, so most buildings in Italy are full of religious colors.

In Italy, religion and law are equal as long as they do not violate the law.

Italy almost became the world center of Catholicism because the Vatican is in Italy.

There is a big difference between the hierarchy of Catholicism and Protestantism (called Christianity).

The pope of the Catholic Church, that is, the leader of the theocracy is the Pope of Rome, the supreme theocracy.

The next level is the cardinals, who are honored as cardinals because their bishop uniforms are red, and their status is second only to the Pope of Rome. Every Pope of Rome must be elected from among the cardinals.

Below that are other classes of clergy such as bishops and priests.

Therefore, not everyone can see the cardinal. Although everyone can enter the Vatican City and the Vatican Cathedral, the clergy are not responsible for receiving tourists and believers. They are usually on business or in the office area of ​​the Vatican. , It is rare to come out with the Pope to do Mass or come out alone to give the hadith to the believers.

Christine is not in a hurry to see His Excellency Cardinal, after all, he may not be in the Vatican.

She first found a relatively cheap hotel, where there were people from all over the world, from Ireland, Scotland, Switzerland, and even Australia, who traveled across the ocean just to see the Vatican Cathedral.

Because they are all Catholics, for Catholics, the Vatican is a must-visit place in their lives.

Christine lived in a room with an Irish girl, and the blond Irish girl chased after Christine curiously and asked a lot of questions, such as, "Are you American? Where are your ancestors from? Americans are all Emigrate there."

Christine watched young Al as she made the bed