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Borderstone · 04-02-2005, 04:37 PM

At 9:37pm in Rome (12:37pm AZ time)today,Saturday,Pope John Paul passed on in his apartment home at age 84.

I didn't follow his life or travels very much but I know he was different than all the Popes that had come before. Before he arrived in 1979,I wonder,aside from Catholics,how many people knew there was such a religious office? Certainly not I.

What he single handedly did was make himself open to people,instead of being above them. He did so many great things in his 26 years in the church that the next man will have big shoes to fill indeed.

I'm not Catholic myself but one doesn't have to be to recognize his contibutions. There are things some disagreed with him on but it did not diminish his relating to the people.

Rest In Blessed Peace.

04-02-2005, 04:37 PM	#1
Borderstone Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Phoenix,Arizona -America Posts: 4,427	At 9:37pm in Rome (12:37pm AZ time)today,Saturday,Pope John Paul passed on in his apartment home at age 84. I didn't follow his life or travels very much but I know he was different than all the Popes that had come before. Before he arrived in 1979,I wonder,aside from Catholics,how many people knew there was such a religious office? Certainly not I. What he single handedly did was make himself open to people,instead of being above them. He did so many great things in his 26 years in the church that the next man will have big shoes to fill indeed. I'm not Catholic myself but one doesn't have to be to recognize his contibutions. There are things some disagreed with him on but it did not diminish his relating to the people. Rest In Blessed Peace.