The Pope

John Paul II has now passed. Not being Catholic myself, my only feelings
are of a historically significant event. To all Catholics on this NG, my
condolences to you. May the next Pontif be half the man this one was.


--
Mathew
Butler to 2 kittens: Chablis & Muscat
En Vino Veritas

May he rest in peace. The man who succeeds him will have some HUGE shoes to
fill. Taking responsibility for leading a Church with 1 billion members is
a task I can't even BEGIN to wrap my mind around. I wish every kind of
divine blessing and guidance on the person that responsibility falls to.

in article ,
Gabey8 at wrote on 4/2/05 3:04 PM:

May he rest in peace. The man who succeeds him will have some HUGE shoes to
fill. Taking responsibility for leading a Church with 1 billion members is
a task I can't even BEGIN to wrap my mind around. I wish every kind of
divine blessing and guidance on the person that responsibility falls to.

It seems to me that no Pope will be able to just sit back as they were used
to doing after the career of Pope John Paul II. He was exceptional among
Popes and indeed, it will be really, really hard to succeed his career. It's
a different world today than when he came to the papacy.

Mathew Kagis wrote in message
news:85D3e.127569$ZO2.110363@edtnps84...
John Paul II has now passed. Not being Catholic myself, my only feelings
are of a historically significant event. To all Catholics on this NG, my
condolences to you. May the next Pontif be half the man this one was.


--
Mathew
Butler to 2 kittens: Chablis & Muscat
En Vino Veritas

I am not Catholic, either, but may he rest in peace. I remember (sort of)
when he became Pope after John Paul I died after only one month as Pope. I
was listening to a special report on NPR today, and those who had known him
personally spoke of him with love and respect, and gave me a new
appreciation of him. I did not agree with all his view points, but that may
have simply been a function of my not being Catholic. He was certainly a
man of integrity and honest conviction, and sincerely believed in human
rights and individual dignity.

Requiescat in Pacem, Holy Father.

Melissa

"Melissa Houle" wrote in message
...

I am not Catholic, either, but may he rest in peace. I remember (sort of)
when he became Pope after John Paul I died after only one month as Pope.
I
was listening to a special report on NPR today, and those who had known
him
personally spoke of him with love and respect, and gave me a new
appreciation of him. I did not agree with all his view points, but that
may
have simply been a function of my not being Catholic. He was certainly a
man of integrity and honest conviction, and sincerely believed in human
rights and individual dignity.

I left Catholicism in my late teens, but have always had much respect and
appreciation for this man of peace and great conviction. Indeed, his
successor has mighty big shoes to fill. John Paul II started what I hope
will become greater ecumenical relationships with other faiths, Christian
and non-Christian alike. When I learned he'd taken part in the anti-Nazi
underground, and remembered what he'd done for Solidarity and the liberation
of his homeland, I realized he was not only a spiritual leader, but a head
of state who worked through compassion for the common folk. May his walk
over the Bridge be smooth, his eternity joyful, and his successor even half
as worthy to wear the holy ring.

Requiescat in Pacem, Holy Father.

Amen.

Blessed be,
Baha

I'd wish the next Pope to be equal or a notch better. Why get worse?

I don't know a lot about Pope John Paul II, but I know he was respected,
loved, and thought well by a lot of people. I should live as long, and do as
much good.
--

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
www.mormons.com


"Mathew Kagis" wrote in message
news:85D3e.127569$ZO2.110363@edtnps84...
John Paul II has now passed. Not being Catholic myself, my only feelings
are of a historically significant event. To all Catholics on this NG, my
condolences to you. May the next Pontif be half the man this one was.


--
Mathew
Butler to 2 kittens: Chablis & Muscat
En Vino Veritas

in article , Stormin Mormon at
wrote on 4/10/05 9:18 PM:

I'd wish the next Pope to be equal or a notch better. Why get worse?

Both of which will be very tough to get!

I don't know a lot about Pope John Paul II, but I know he was respected,
loved, and thought well by a lot of people. I should live as long, and do as
much good.

On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 02:18:36 GMT, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

I'd wish the next Pope to be equal or a notch better. Why get worse?

I don't know a lot about Pope John Paul II, but I know he was respected,
loved, and thought well by a lot of people. I should live as long, and do as
much good.
--

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
www.mormons.com


"Mathew Kagis" wrote in message
news:85D3e.127569$ZO2.110363@edtnps84...
John Paul II has now passed. Not being Catholic myself, my only feelings
are of a historically significant event. To all Catholics on this NG, my
condolences to you. May the next Pontif be half the man this one was.

From the tone of Mattew Kagis' message I think that his meaning was
that someone even just half as good as John Paul II would be good; in
other words, he was praising John Paul II.

--
John F. Eldredge --
PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu
"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better
than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria

It's interesting about the Pope.... I disagreed with him about many things,
chiefly the necessity for contraception on our overpopulated planet and the
use of condoms in this day and age of AIDS, Abortion, etc etc. (These
issues I must admit are issues I have with all of Catholicism, and not just
one man. I could have wished John Paul had taken a different tack from the
one he did on these issues, but I didn't really expect him to.) I disagree
with President Bush on many of the same grounds. And yet, I could respect
John Paul II while I simply cannot stand George Bush. The Pope believed in
human dignity, he gave his compatriots a source of enormous pride, and
could truly call himself a compassionate Conservative. He was an intelligent
man with a sense of humor, and those who knew him speak of him with love and
respect. He could talk about "Culture of Life" without the top of my head
wanting to blow off, while I just want to scream when I hear the President
say it after his having put over a hundred prisoners to death while he was
Governor of Texas. I agree with the Pope about the Iraq war, and about the
disgraceful happenings at Abu Ghraib. I look at the President, and I see a
privileged prat in a job much too big for his capabilities. I never doubted
the Pope had the necessary qualifications, maturity and gravitas for HIS
job.

I hope for a more progressive view of the 21st century's realities in the
next Pope, and send him all good wishes. He'll have Gigantic shoes to fill.
And he'll have to try to make the job his own, while knowing that just about
everyone will be comparing him to John Paul II, whether or not they're
Catholic.

Melissa

Stormin Mormon wrote in message
...
I'd wish the next Pope to be equal or a notch better. Why get worse?

I don't know a lot about Pope John Paul II, but I know he was respected,
loved, and thought well by a lot of people. I should live as long, and do
as
much good.
--

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
www.mormons.com


"Mathew Kagis" wrote in message
news:85D3e.127569$ZO2.110363@edtnps84...
John Paul II has now passed. Not being Catholic myself, my only feelings
are of a historically significant event. To all Catholics on this NG, my
condolences to you. May the next Pontif be half the man this one was.


--
Mathew
Butler to 2 kittens: Chablis & Muscat
En Vino Veritas

"Mathew Kagis" wrote in message news:85D3e.127569$ZO2.110363@edtnps84...
Not being Catholic myself,

How many people here are Cat-holic?

-- Kitty Muir http://www.rev.net/~aloe/bible