A picture is worth...

Yes. A thousand words.

I once had someone seriously say that a roadblock to the Church, for him, was the fact that pope wore expensive shoes. Without wishing to dismiss his obviously well-informed, well-reasoned, and invincibly obstinate objections to such frivolity (the pope's shoes, by the way, were gifts), all I could muster was, "Oh, is that all?"

I must reflect aloud: Call me shallow, but couldn't this sunglasses-and-rosary combo totally make up for dorky red shoes? So cool. I could forgive a lot to have this German as my shepherd!

(Yes, I'm being facetious.)