My brother mentioned the term, "Holy See", much too many times over lunch and dinner that I got lost in the family conversation. Since the elders in the family talked over Catholic liturgical rites and church officials, I imagined that the term meant a fat cardinal squatting on a throne in Rome, whose eyes are glued to a very big telescope that focuses on each Catholic church all over the world.
The Wikipedia defined it as: "The Holy See (Italian: Santa Sede; Latin: Sancta Sedes; Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈsaŋkta ˈsedes]), also called the See of Rome, is the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome, the episcopal see of the Pope, and an independent sovereign entity. It serves as the central point of reference for the Catholic Church everywhere and the focal point of communion due to its position as the pre-eminent episcopal see of the universal church. Today, it is responsible for the governance of all Catholics, organised in their Particular Churches, Patriarchates and religious institutes."
Well... at least, my idea, though inaccurate, is still funny. Don't you agree?
