04-02-2005, 09:34 AM
chicagoblackhawks77 Wrote:I'm a history teacher and a catholic. You can say what you will about the institution of the papacy, I know there have been some bad ones..... But this guy was the real deal. Pious in his life growing up poor in poland. Suffering the Nazi occupation in the late 30's and 40's. Being a priest in a poor rural community, the cardinal of krakow, his early years as the pope standing up for the solidarity movement in communist poland. This guy was the man.
Thank you Karol. You were a beautiful man with a wonderful mind.
Mick
Yep, a truly monumental figure in world history, and a guy who let nothing stop him from doing what he felt was God's mission for him on earth.
And just in case you needed more proof: it's been 36 hours since Italian radio first wrongly pronounced him dead... and he is STILL fighting. Like I wrote before, the next guy is going to have quite a pair of shoes to fill.