Thanks for this info. I’ve been laying awake at night thinking about this. I’m sure the Catholics will weigh in on the significance of this and bless us with their insight. The shoes are a really big thing with me. No, I take it back (in a bi-polar moment) I could not care less about the shoes. Ignore what I wrote at the beginning. I sleep fine (snore a little) and have not been worrying about this.
Seems it's just very few non-Catholics obsessing over the shoes. My only comment is it's good he gets to choose some comfortable ones in his retirement.