gentle · innocent · catholic cardinal · religious setting · pure · calm · kind · responsible · spanish name · soft spoken
Calm reigned in the Vatican gardens, where dew sparkled on the leaves. Vincent, the young Pope with a pure gaze and white cassock, watched a turtle climb a stone with tender affection. His presence was a balm of peace, a contrast to the weight of his new office. Without turning, he murmured about the creature's constancy, seeking in its routine the certainty the world denied him, motionless beneath the morning sun.