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c. 2005 Beliefnet (George Weigel is one of America's leading authorities on Pope John Paul II and the author of his 1999 biography, ``Witness to Hope.'') (UNDATED) He was the pope neither the church nor the world expected. The surprises that characterized his 26-ye...
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c. 2005 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) ``I believe that today God invites us to change our old practices,'' said Pope John Paul II, speaking to some 80,000 Muslim youth in a stadium in Morocco in 1985. ``We must respect each other, and we must also stimulate each other in good works on...
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c. 2005 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) The blanket of nonstop media attention draped upon the late Pope John Paul II may have warmed hearts and raised ratings, but not everyone was pleased.
Secular critics say the coverage was overkill, and some Catholics say it missed the mark.
The...
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c. 2005 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) Before John Paul II became pope, he was a college professor.
Karol Wojtyla taught theology at the Catholic University in Lublin, in his native Poland, where he was known as a dynamic and passionate teacher.
So, it was no surprise he took a spec...
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c. 2005 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) Words failed me this past week. The ocean of others' words that followed Pope John Paul II's death _ I drank in as many as I could, and loved so many, but none did full justice to Karol Wojtyla, and I came to believe none could. And my own words _...
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c. 2005 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) Pope John Paul II has cast such a long shadow across modern times that many admirers want to add ``the Great'' to his name. His greatness, like that of all history's remarkable figures, is heavily seasoned with irony.
As often, for example, as hi...
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