holiness

Nobody calls holiness home—although, ironically, doing so is an all-too-human habit.

It’s an elegiac relationship, compounded by the recent passing of my grandmother, who embodied holiness and unadulterated love in every sense.

Shortly after his election win in November, Mr Milei invited the Pope - whom he addressed as "Your Holiness" - to visit Argentina in 2024.

For those familiar with authoritarian history, it is no wonder that the talking point of Trump's holiness has become prominent as more of his malfeasance and illegal behavior has been made public.

The notion of the strongman as both savior and victim —the leader as a man of the people and a man above all other men— surrounds depraved and corrupt individuals with an aura of holiness.