Pope the scholar

One of the many things we hope for the Pope to learn and become proficient at is Braille. This isn't going to be an easy task for a lot of reasons. First, the Commission for the Blind doesn't want to teach the Pope Braille. Why? Because the Pope has a teeny-tiny bit of usable vision in his left eye. Don't get me wrong, we are thrilled, ecstatic, over-the-moon for the vision Pope has in his left eye. It was by the miracle work of Dr. Levin that he has any vision at all! And that vision is useful! And Pope CAN see... a little. But Pope needs Braille. The trouble is, around here, if you can see, even a little, a TVI (teacher of the visually impaired) can determine you are "visual learner" and deem you ineligible for Braille instruction.  So, what do you do? Well, you can fight. We have friends who fought in the court system for 3 years to get Braille for their now 11 year old son who has albinism. They won. But it took 3 years and I'm sure the process wasn't cheap. In our case, we're ahead of the game in one respect. Mike is fluent in Braille. So if the Commission refuses to teach him, by golly, we'll teach him ourselves! He'll be writing novels in no time!