Goodbye, John Paul

[nq:1]I was often moved by the essential goodness and kindness of Pope JohnPaul. Certainly, I didn't always agree with some ... tolerance conveyed not just by his words but by how he lived his life is much needed in the world.[/nq]
Would be interesting if, for the first time in fifteen centuries, the cardinals chose another African pope. If nothing else, it would be fun seeing the reactions of

[nq:1]I was often moved by the essential goodness and kindness of Pope John Paul. Certainly, I didn't always agree with ... tolerance conveyed not just by his words but by how he lived his life is much needed in the world.[/nq]
I found many of his positions *** up and irresponsible (especially the ban on birth control), but at least he was consistent with his condemnations of war and capital p

[nq:1]I was often moved by the essential goodness and kindness of Pope John Paul. Certainly, I didn't always agree with ... tolerance conveyed not just by his words but by how he lived his life is much needed in the world.[/nq]
May he rest in peace.
May he guide the next pope from wherever he may be... in any form...

Oh, I doubt it would be worth the shock value, in terms of what would likely come along with it. Recently elevated African cardinals, at least, tend to have been appointed exactly for their extremely reactionary positions on just about everything, which they've developed in part in order to compete with the Rightward insanity of the Protestant missionizing groups on that continent,and to play into

[nq:1]I was often moved by the essential goodness and kindness of Pope John Paul. Certainly, I didn't always agree with ... tolerance conveyed not just by his words but by how he lived his life is much needed in the world.[/nq]
Kind of you to say these things, Mr. Distortion. As a Catholic I didn't like a lot of his positions either but I pray that he rest in peace.

It's funny, this i

[nq:1]I found many of his positions *** up and irresponsible (especially the ban on birth control), but at least he was consistent with his condemnations of war and capital punishment. You gotta respect that.[/nq]
The ban on birth control was not really "his" position it was the Church's position and has been for many, many years. As were his condemnations of unjust wars.

RonB

[nq:1]I was often moved by the essential goodness and kindness of Pope John Paul. Certainly, I didn't always agree with ... tolerance conveyed not just by his words but by how he lived his life is much needed in the world.[/nq]
I liked his messages about social fairness. I wonder if praying five hours a day on Marble isn't where he got his knee problems? I think he was a very serious person wh

[nq:1]It's funny, this is the first time a Pope has died since I converted to Catholicism and I get the ... lets pray for his soul and get on with business of selecting a new Pope. Am I hard hearted here?[/nq]
I don't think so. It's not a tragedy when an person who lives a long, full life dies. (On another ng I mentioned that I didn't even understand why his dead got preempt other shows and go

[nq:2]Paul. Would be interesting if, for the first time in ... seeing the reactions of people, particularly here in the USA.[/nq]
[nq:1]Oh, I doubt it would be worth the shock value, in terms of what would likely come along with it. ... ounce of progressivism in him whatever his color, so it probably doesn't make one whit of difference in the end.[/nq]
JP2 and his Vatican condemned the lib

The pope told the people to obey your right wing leaders in Central/South America because of his hatred of communism. He didn't care if the people were being murdered, all he cared about was that communism didn't take hold.
The pope told catholics in Africa not to wear condoms to help stop the spread of AIDS because using condoms would be immoral.

When the catholic sexual molestation